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[Chittagong]

Feels good to be in the winning team, no doubt this seismic cultural change favours GAF as well

 

[RCX]

Bend the knee.

Boomerbook about to become a whole lot more interesting

 

[Angry_Megalodon]

Still don’t know why hate speech and conspiracy theories should have more of a Plattform.
I guess everything’s game to keep the masses preoccupied with each other, instead of looking at the filthy rich sucking the world dry.

it's especially ironic you say this, considering that speaking against the likes of Soros, Bill Gates or Larry Fink is considered "conspiracy theory" and ban-worthy.

 

[Oner]

Good to see. Still don't trust 'em.

 

[AJUMP23]

This is also probably politically and environmentally motivated. Seeing a shift in the electorate probably wants to establish and restore the reputation with users. More older people use the Book of faces than the wokies.

 

[ManaByte]

Very strong messaging.
Points out institutionalized censorship and bias of legacy media.

Getting ahead of the anti-trust case starting.

 

[diffusionx]

Still don’t know why hate speech and conspiracy theories should have more of a Plattform.
I guess everything’s game to keep the masses preoccupied with each other, instead of looking at the filthy rich sucking the world dry.

what is hate speech? And what is a conspiracy theory?

I am saying this to be serious, if you ban something you have to define it.

 

[LordCBH]

Look I’m not going to give lizard man Zuck props for this. It would have happened ages ago if he wasn’t a coward, and it’s only happening now because he’s a coward.

 

[llien]

Very strong messaging.
Points out institutionalized censorship and bias of legacy media.

That being said and good news, social media exposes the collective West to the fucks like Ruzzia and China.

I don't know what the cure to that might be, but what even Ruzzia can accomplish in the western platform is damning.
China could do 10 times more.

 

[llien]

The BBC will be feeling suicidal right now over the removal fact checking.

FFS, of all outlets, you had to out (still) the most balanced one?
Anyhow, here is BBC's article:

Meta to replace 'biased' fact-checkers with moderation by users

Meta says its platforms will instead rely on "community notes" from its users, an approach pioneered by X.

www.bbc.com

 

[sono]

What does anti censorship mean in practice.

 

[Jsisto]

what is hate speech? And what is a conspiracy theory?

I am saying this to be serious, if you ban something you have to define it.

A valid conspiracy theory that is factually inaccurate is that Covid might have leaked from the Wuhan lab in….oh fuck….

Ok. Let’s move on to hate speech. Thats much easier. Like for example posting hateful comments about Jussie Smollet casting doubt on the fact that he was violently attacked for being…..ah damn.

 

[EviLore]

What does anti censorship mean in practice.

Failure to conform to gender ideology will no longer be a bannable offense. Also politics will be broadly permissible.

 

[DeepEnigma]

A valid conspiracy theory that is factually inaccurate is that Covid might have leaked from the Wuhan lab in….oh fuck….

Ok. Let’s move on to hate speech. Thats much easier. Like for example posting hateful comments about Jussie Smollet casting doubt on the fact that he was violently attacked for being…..ah damn.

Don't forget the worst offense of all,

XX/XY Science

 

[12Goblins]

This is better.

Censorship is for the weak minded.

social media is for the weak minded

 

[AJUMP23]

social media is for the weak minded

It manipulates the weak. And is entertainment too. But the greatest minds end up on gaming forums.

 

[Kacho]

It manipulates the weak. And is entertainment too. But the greatest minds end up on gaming forums.

 

[ManaByte]

People are bailing in IG and Threads for BluCry now.

 

[Angry_Megalodon]

I can't wait for some meltdown video reactions.

 

[Horatius]

dude started lifting and training jujitsu and immediately uncucked himself lmfao

it's that simple

 

[deriks]

It's great news

Brazil already made a note talking shit about it

 

[EviLore]

NY Times, can’t make this up

 

[diffusionx]

Fact checkers in shambles, calling an emergency meeting

 

[GloveSlap]

I am enjoying Zuck's Poochie arc.

 

[Ribi]

Isn't X just a cesspool of bots that post old memes or random pictures for engagement then comment under every other bot in the comments section for more engagement?

 

[bitbydeath]

This is great news, can we unban those Always Sunny episodes next? And uncensor Dr Seuss too.

 

[dem]

Zuck does whatever it takes. I laughed out loud when I saw Dana White was on the board of Meta now.

Guy is an animal.

 

[Kraz]

Getting ahead of the anti-trust case starting.

That seems most likely.
Read somewhere recently that a member of the incoming admin had plans for a congressional committee to look into fact checking by Meta as suppressing conservatives, that might've helped it along too.

This is great news, can we unban those Always Sunny episodes next? And uncensor Dr Seuss too.

And 30 Rock Believe in the Stars. And the live episode

 

[SatansReverence]

Derbyshire Police will be very upset by this

 

[ChuckeRearmed]

Trump's FCC chairman reaction

 

[EviLore]

Trump's FCC chairman reaction

The most powerful people are memelords now. What a world.

 

[Come On Tars]

Can't Cuck my Zuck

 

[ChuckeRearmed]

The most powerful people are memelords now. What a world.

Kojima was right about memes

 

[Unknown Soldier]

So he copied Elon's homework, not that this is unusual for Zuck

 

[near]

So he copied Elon's homework, not that this is unusual for Zuck

Show some respect to the Zuck.

 

[sono]

The follow x example..

Isn't X just a cesspool of bots that post old memes or random pictures for engagement then comment under every other bot in the comments section for more engagement?

That is also my experience, frankly I avoided twitter/x for years, and recently signed up in the last month because it is a pre-req for grok access (which is useful). I cant believe what is arriving for me in x, honestly it reminds me of the old cheap British newspapers like News of the World but more so

 

[-Minsc-]

I still use it for fam and friends stuff.

Messenger is the only part of FB I use, maybe a handful of times a year.

 

[DeepEnigma]

The most powerful people are memelords now. What a world.

Natural evolution of the generations who started them.

Gamers and meme lords. We all joked about these times when the old guard would die off or be pushed out.

 

[JayK47]

After the last 4 years, I feel like I am living in an alternate reality. Too much good news happening all at once. I expect the nukes to drop soon to cancel it all out.

 

[Jenov]

So he copied Elon's homework, not that this is unusual for Zuck

 

[DeepEnigma]

Look how successful X has been. Guess it wasn’t going to go belly up like ideologies wanted ones to believe. Even Meta is copying their homework.

 

[deathstardom]

It's hilarious. Zuck was pretty much in lockstep with democratic sensoring and doctoring of information to present it a certain misleading way. Basically turning most social media into state propaganda machines.

Now i see the folks who cheered state sensorship panicking and claiming its going to become Trump's state owned media because its going back to the freedom of speech model.

but these are the same Karen's who think words are violence and worse than physical violence..

I suspect I'm going to enjoy the meltdown..

I would laugh really hard if Elon bought reddit and removed the left wing oversight.

 

[Dr.Morris79]

WEF is punching the air right now.

Good.

 

[Jsisto]

I love that increased free expression and less censorship is viewed as "fascism" by people in certain other places. Up is down and down is up. Apparently words don't mean anything but are also equivalent to violence.

 

[I collect VHS tapes]

Meta Now Lets Users Say Gay and Trans People Have ‘Mental Illness’

Meta rolled out a number of changes to its “Hateful Conduct” policy Tuesday as part of a sweeping overhaul of its approach toward content moderation.

www.wired.com

Meta announced a series of major updates to its content moderation policies today, including ending its fact-checking partnerships and “getting rid” of restrictions on speech about “topics like immigration, gender identity and gender” that the company describes as frequent subjects of political discourse and debate. “It’s not right that things can be said on TV or the floor of Congress, but not on our platforms,” Meta’s newly appointed chief global affairs officer, Joel Kaplan, wrote in a blog post outlining the changes.

In an accompanying video, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg described the company’s current rules in these areas as “just out of touch with mainstream discourse.”

 

[DeepEnigma]

 

[Kacho]

How do you feel about this change, I collect VHS tapes ?

 

[LectureMaster]

 

[TransTrender]

In an accompanying video, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg described the company’s current rules in these areas as “just out of touch with mainstream discourse.”

 

[I collect VHS tapes]

I think there might already be a thread on this? my bad

EviLore you can merge this into your thread.