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[–] 56 points 3 weeks ago* (1 child)

Meanwhile, they have no problem thumbing the scale in Brazil's current election by refusing to remove disinformation

https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2026/08/brazil-election-disinformation/

Fascist fucks

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  • [–] 17 points 3 weeks ago

    Not just refusing to remove disinformation, but also actively removing the accounts of Lula supporters and for a brief time Lula's official campaign account.

    All because Zuck specifically hired Joel Kaplan in 2009 to "engender closer ties to conservatives". Joel Kaplan, who as a Bush Lawyer, participated in the Brooks Brothers riot of 2000, which stopped the recount in Florida, and then was rewarded with a Bush Whitehouse position.

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  • [–] 96 points 3 weeks ago (15 children)

    Good god WHY are poeple still using FB???

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  • [–] 5 points 3 weeks ago

    They’re stupid. That’s why. They stand on fake moral high grounds shouting down at everyone for supporting oppressive buisnessses, while addicted to their sweet sweet Facebook because [STUPID FUCKING REASON].

    Anyone that would leave Facebook already has. The rest are just people that want you to think they give a shit about the people being hurt by it.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

    My family uses it, and i value access to my family over having to be on the site. The expectation of making everyone switch to something else for my sake is unreasonable. I only use the desktop site and IA mostly because that's how my family plans birthday parties. I've asked them to let me know directly and that hasn't changed so rather than miss out on my nieces' birthday parties I suck or up.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

    I have this discussion with a lot of people from the left, who often say they need to occupy those spaces and not let them be only a cesspool for conservative spiel. However, what they don't seem to understand no matter how fucking much I tell them, is that you cannot win a game your opponent controls the rules. The only solution to traditional social media is to pressure the government to ban it. Not regulation, bans are the only way.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)

    How do you pressure government if theu controls the rules though?

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  • [–] 1 point 3 weeks ago

    I am not from the USA, so that's a problem for y'all to figure it out. However, the answer is usually quite simple: hit them where it hurts. Here where I live the government has not yet been fully controlled by the fascist right, so we still have a chance to use legal and civil devices. But if not, just remember what the french did.

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  • [–] 28 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

    Why are conservatives so concerned with other people's genitalia?

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  • [–] 3 points 3 weeks ago

    I don't get it either. I imagine it's a side effect of being naturally more fearful, and stupid, so they get sucked into the right-wing media spiral which then tells them this is one more thing for them to be afraid of. Maybe. I think the reason can just be loosely tied to "family values", or religion, or "our country", or drag queens, etc. and that's all it takes. They don't need a solid line of logic and reason, they just need to be led to the conclusion along any path, then anger and fear cements the response in place.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 weeks ago

    What do theyean paid for their posts?

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