However, that program has recently come under scrutiny. In August, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation reported that Meta invited accounts promoting white supremacist and neo-Nazi ideologies. And after reviewing Meta’s monetization data, Uncloseted Media identified 29 accounts with histories of anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric that have been invited to the program. These include the three aforementioned accounts as well as podcaster Candace Owens, who has blamed gay men for child abuse in the Catholic church, and Turning Point USA, which has been connected to an assault on a queer Arizona State University professor. Meta did not respond to Uncloseted Media and The 19th’s requests for an interview or for comment.

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[–] 6 points 4 weeks ago

Meta has billed the electricity for the disinformation centres.

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  • 4 comments in c/boycottus@lemmy.ca view that post
    [–] 9 points 4 weeks ago

    I have personally stopped using Meta things, as I hope many here have as well. if I was more interested in replacing the book of Faces I would post on my blog more frequantly, that I moved to easydns with a .ca TLD, or Mastodon on the mstdn.ca server.

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  • [–] 6 points 4 weeks ago

    So anything for clicks and engagement. Sounds like par for the course for Meta and shows nothing changed after Cambridge Analytica.

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  • Well, Zuck me sideways!

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  • [–] 3 points 3 weeks ago

    I guess the AI ain't workin' for Zoidberg and he needs the humans.

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  • 1 comment in c/pravda_news@news.abolish.capital view that post
    [–] 7 points 1 month ago

    Mutilation flag? Do these people just make shit up? Well, yes, I see that they do. But does no one have the good sense to call them out on their nonsense?

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