‘It’s Total Chaos Internally at Meta Right Now’: Employees Protest Zuckerberg’s Anti LGBTQ Changes - eviltoast
  • FMT99@lemmy.world
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    6 hours ago

    That’s not at all amazing. What’s amazing is that a large number of people thought it was a great idea to hand over the power to decide what’s true or not to private companies. When they rolled out this “content moderation” used mostly against Trump the political left was beside itself with joy. I remember the taunts of “haha it’s a private company, they can publish whatever they want.” So incredibly stupid and short sighted.

    • leftytighty@slrpnk.net
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      4 hours ago

      I think “thought it was a great idea to hand over the power […] to private companies” is a misrepresentation. Some moderation was better than no moderation, but obviously "the political left"would have preferred regulation rather than self regulation.

      What’s the point you’re making? That nothing should have been done?

    • explodicle@sh.itjust.works
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      5 hours ago

      The “it’s a private company lolz” thing was itself a reaction to when Republicans were refusing to make gay wedding cakes, and the loss of the Fairness Doctrine long before that.

    • ubergeek@lemmy.today
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      5 hours ago

      I mean, I feel thats still true. And because it’s true, we need to get the f off of it, as a society.