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I thought MAGA supported freedom of speech? Didn’t they have a meeting with Zuckerberg about censorship many years ago? What a joke the US has become.
by msie 2mo ago
I thought MAGA supported freedom of speech? Didn’t they have a meeting with Zuckerberg about censorship many years ago? What a joke the US has become.
- gfv 2mo agoVancouver is in Canada.
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- conception 2mo agoInstagram is not.
- anonzzzies 2mo agoFreedom of speech only for a small part of only the US then? So not the ideal of freedom of speech, but the dictatorial version of freedom of speech?
- fsckboy 2mo agothere is a Vancouver, Washington, down near Portland, Oregon
- zenethian 2mo agoI didn’t realize that someone from Washington State would think of Lake Ontario as theirs?
- btilly 2mo agoThe much larger Vancouver, and the one that this is about, is in Canada. There is also Vancouver Island, which is separate from the other two. All are named after Captain George Vancouver. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Vancouver https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Vancouver
- defrost 2mo agoNeither the city of Vancouver B.C. nor the country of Canada took down the Vancouver nightclub's Instagram account though. That was either accidental auto moderation or a testy and likely MAGA aligned person of influence (inside or outside of Meta). Either way, not a good look for Freedom of Speech.
- ForOldHack 2mo agoI am sorry that you had to explain that, and even sorrier that many people failed the third grade. The fault lies not with the teachers, but the parents who do not know who's geologic fact either... it's stunning, but par for the course given the countries leadership.
- defrost 2mo agoThey had no need to explain what most already knew and which had little bearing on the apparent actions of a US company. The fault lies not with the geological bedrock underpinning Vancouver B.C. nor with it's geographic location although it is indeed a visually stunning part of the world. It's also less an issue with the leadership of the two countries involved, more an issue with the fish rotting from head of one country's leadership.
- grebc 2mo agoOnly if it doesn’t embarrass his orangeness.
- roenxi 2mo agoSince when has Facebook been associated with MAGA? They were famously part of the attempt to get Trump banned [0] from social media that led to Truth Social. Their moderation team tends anti-MAGA to the point where it is an international political concern. And, assuming that the article is accurate, obviously they shouldn't have banned an account for posting "Can't handle a pool, but wants our lake?". I think everyone would agree outside the Facebook team. That would be a classic Facebook over-moderation. Extreme to the point where I'm going to assume there is more to the story. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_media_use_by_Donald_Trump#Banned_from_both_platforms https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_media_use_by_Donald_Tru...
- samudrijan 2mo agoFacebook/Meta happily hires GOP operatives and has done so for years.
- schiffern 2mo ago>Since when has Facebook been associated with MAGA? That's easy. January 20, 2025: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvgpqeq82rvo https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvgpqeq82rvo
- Terr_ 2mo ago"Oh, being bribed/extorted by the government we took control-of doesn't count, because internally the lügenpresse still has unreasonably-biased employees who keep accusing us of being bad people who'll abuse government power. But don't worry, we will fix that soon..." /s ____ P.S.: I wanted to add something that wasn't ironic, but I'm having a surprisingly hard time unpacking my own sarcastic-intuition into arguments. Perhaps: 1. The MAGA bloc angry at companies moderating Dear Leader have already struck back, and they will not be satisfied by less than a reversal into cheerleading. 2. It can be hard to judge what most employees think when the corporation itself is under some duress. 3. Sometimes the circumstances of a "reversal" demonstrate that the original concern was extremely valid.
- elonfboy 2mo agoHave you been living under a rock? https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/bannon-oversaw-cambridge-analyticas-collection-of-facebook-data-according-to-former-employee/2018/03/20/8fb369a6-2c55-11e8-b0b0-f706877db618_story.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/bannon-oversaw-cambr...