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Sunshine (she/her)@lemmy.ca to Demeta@programming.devEnglish · 1 month ago

Instagram Suspends Zohran Mamdani’s account, Leaked Memo Cites ‘National Interest’ as Meta Tilts Right

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Instagram Suspends Zohran Mamdani’s account, Leaked Memo Cites ‘National Interest’ as Meta Tilts Right

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Sunshine (she/her)@lemmy.ca to Demeta@programming.devEnglish · 1 month ago
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On Monday, July 21st, Instagram temporarily suspended the account of Zohran Mamdani, a New York State Assembly member and NYC mayoral candidate. The suspension, which lasted approximately 3 hours b…

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    The suspension, which lasted approximately 3 hours before his account was reinstated, was explained by Instagram senior directors in an internal leaked memo that his content was deemed “too socialist,” and goes against current national US interest.

    Wow, that is blatant. McCarthyism all over again.

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      “We can’t have another FDR!” - Republicans, for decades and still

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    It sure is weird how only one sketchy website is running this story. 20+ hours after a politician was supposedly censored due to a leaked memo, nobody else cares?

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      Damn, you’re right. This isn’t covered by anyone. Only other mention of it i could find was on a blogpost.

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        Worse, the story has been confirmed to be fake: https://www.theverge.com/news/713385/zohran-mamdani-instagram-suspended-debunk

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      The website isn’t even a month old. Registered On: 2025-06-29 https://www.whois.com/whois/nycjournals.com

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      Only so many shiny things can be covered per day.

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    Meta has always been right. Did everyone forget Cambridge Analytica?

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    Disgusting.

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    It’s nice to see they mentioned Mastodon!

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