Facebook/Meta
Good. We need more watchmen calling everyone on their bullshit.
"Happy slaves are the worst enemies of freedom." - Marie Von Ebner
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
Good for Signal.
"Happy slaves are the worst enemies of freedom." - Marie Von Ebner
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
Changing rules for politicians.
It will be interesting to see how strict FB staff is on politicians going forward. Not just because they just went through a truly extreme case in Trump, but also to see if they let their own politics affect what they block, ala Twitter.
Zuck made the right call there. There's no glorification or incitement of violence in Trump's statement. It was based on the pattern seen previously, and repeated after George Floyd's death.Facebook has never been clear on what exceptions to its rules it allows for world leaders. This became particularly clear last summer when Trump posted that "looting" will lead to "shooting" in the aftermath of the death of George Floyd.
Some of Facebook's own staff protested at the time, saying the post was a clear incitement or glorification of violence. However, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said it would not be coming down.
It will be interesting to see how strict FB staff is on politicians going forward. Not just because they just went through a truly extreme case in Trump, but also to see if they let their own politics affect what they block, ala Twitter.
"Happy slaves are the worst enemies of freedom." - Marie Von Ebner
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
Should I know who that is?
"Happy slaves are the worst enemies of freedom." - Marie Von Ebner
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
If you've been watching women's beach volleyball in the past few Olympics. She won the gold medal year this year with her teammate.
It's not me, it's someone else.
Cool. Proud of her, but pass.
"Happy slaves are the worst enemies of freedom." - Marie Von Ebner
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
Assholes online are assholes IRL, too, they just typically only interact with their friends. On the internet, they interact with more strangers.
It's not me, it's someone else.
Everything about that screams "Twitter".
"Happy slaves are the worst enemies of freedom." - Marie Von Ebner
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
The Facebook Papers
It'll be interesting when and if the people in shock over what Facebook tracks realize that pretty much everyone keeps records like that on all of us.
Has a human trafficking problem.
Let's be very, very honest about something here. If the people in charge (governments) actually gave two shits, human trafficking would be crippled within a month.
Being blamed for inciting violence in Ethiopia.
It'll be interesting when and if the people in shock over what Facebook tracks realize that pretty much everyone keeps records like that on all of us.
Has a human trafficking problem.
Let's be very, very honest about something here. If the people in charge (governments) actually gave two shits, human trafficking would be crippled within a month.
Being blamed for inciting violence in Ethiopia.
"Happy slaves are the worst enemies of freedom." - Marie Von Ebner
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
well, Hillary said youtube caused Benghazi, so it's possible.
"Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid."
Facebook, er, Meta
Facebook choose stupid fucking name, will now call itself Meta. How... meta.
It's not me, it's someone else.
"We steal our customers' meta data."
"Happy slaves are the worst enemies of freedom." - Marie Von Ebner
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
What if the FBI, CIA, and NSA actually run Google, and that's why their parent company is called "Alphabet."
"Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid."
Based on their politics, it's probably more likely that the LGBQT+ community (also known as the alphabet people) are behind it.

"Happy slaves are the worst enemies of freedom." - Marie Von Ebner
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell