116 pointsby jumpocelotan hour ago6 comments
  • kbbgl8735 minutes ago
    Nao Se Meta, that's clever
    • N_Lens24 minutes ago
      It means "Don't get involved" in Brazilian Portuguese.
    • johnhamlin22 minutes ago
      Roughly translates to “stay out of it?”
  • gradus_ad17 minutes ago
    What evidence do they have? Also a court demanding Meta prove the negative is funny.
  • adlotsof4 minutes ago
    I am quite sure meta does support the german AfD. Rage causes engagement. AfD (and Trump and Orban and le Pen) communicate in such emotional ways that algorithms prefer them. Facebook does not care about truth, it cares about active users
    • aliasxneoa few seconds ago
      Both extremes on the political spectrum use and heavily rely on emotions over nuance/truth. Probably why both have been steadily growing and that the clashes tend to be explosive.
  • lifeislovingan hour ago
    People should look up the North American Technate, because we're living in it. Its been a mission of techno-fascist for a couple decades, they're finally succeeding. They will get rid of democracy altogether

    (they may have already, they can basically do mind control with recommendations algorithms and get swaths of people to do whatever they want).

    • N_Lens23 minutes ago
      At long last! A Global Torment Nexus!!
      • cwnyth7 minutes ago
        If someone thinks they can profit off of or otherwise control the Torment Nexus, they will build it as fast as they can.
      • morkalork5 minutes ago
        Some kind of a uh Prison Planet you say? Seems familiar. Oh, he's in on it and wants to sell me some boner pills instead?
    • slibhb23 minutes ago
      A large minority of people cannot cope with losing elections. Shadowy forces are behind every loss. Ironically, it's this attitude that undermines democracy. More than Facebook at any rate...
      • mullingitover4 minutes ago
        > Shadowy forces are behind every loss. Ironically, it's this attitude that undermines democracy.

        I mean, this is South America we're talking about. It's not attitudes that undermine their democracy, it's very notoriously US-based three letter agencies.

      • lifeisloving7 minutes ago
        I have a bridge in Brooklyn to sell you.
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    • neom25 minutes ago
      Elon Musk’s grandfather, Joshua Haldeman, was a leader of that movement in Canada.

      Fun read: https://www.cbc.ca/newsinteractives/features/joshua-haldeman...

      • andsoitis15 minutes ago
        From that article: "Haldeman died in a plane crash in 1974, when he was 72 years old. His grandson, Elon Musk, was just three."
        • treapassing-sil2 minutes ago
          That sucks.. so Im understanding correctly. Elon was not on the plane...?

          For some reason this reminds me of the baby hilter paradox.

    • handoflixue36 minutes ago
      I mean, if they have secret mind control powers that they've hid from the rest of the world for years, it seems kinda pointless to try and oppose them?

      At that point, they've already won, neh?

      (this is mostly to object that hyperbolic phrases like "basically mind control" don't do your argument any favor)

      • tomalbrc31 minutes ago
        > secret mind control powers

        Secret? Its called "X" and Facebook.

  • nielsbotan hour ago
    Meta has interfered with elections before, we know the Trump admin wants Bolsonaro Jr in power, and the US establishment has supported anti-socialism in Brazil in the past. (The CIA agitated against Lula under Reagan, for example)

    Is it overly conspiratorial to think the Meta is doing what they're accused of on behalf of the US?

    • jojobasa minute ago
      Those evil US imperialists and CIA agitators, not letting any new countries prosper like DPRK, Cuba and Venezuela, or be free of tyranny like PRC and Venezuela!
    • 58746329925 minutes ago
      > the US establishment has supported anti-socialism in Brazil in the past

      Good, the cancerous infestation that is socialism must be eradicated.

    • recroadan hour ago
      It would be conspiratorial to not think that.
    • colordrops38 minutes ago
      Conspiracies are hidden. It's a confirmed fact that they banned his account during the election. This is no conspiracy - it's out in the open.
      • idontwantthis36 minutes ago
        A conspiracy is just people talking to each other about a crime. It doesn’t have to be hidden. Conspiracies can be in the open.
      • howunfortunate36 minutes ago
        By this logic, old Twitter interfered with US elections by banning Trump.
        • hackyhacky29 minutes ago
          > Twitter interfered with US elections by banning Trump.

          You mean when Twitter "permanently" banned Trump in January of 2021, after the 2020 election (which he lost)? Which election do you suppose that interfered with?

          • morkalorka minute ago
            All the future ones. Don't you see? If you're a big enough public figure and announce any ambition for public office, every attempt at holding you accountable for crimes is interference!
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    • owebmaster43 minutes ago
      > Is it overly conspiratorial to think the Meta is doing what they're accused of on behalf of the US?

      Not at all. We all know it. There's just literally nothing we can do. The whole world is an US dictatorship

      • catlikesshrimp14 minutes ago
        Or russian dictatorship or chinese dictatorship? I would still pick US, If I could choose.
        • cwnyth8 minutes ago
          AKA, Oceania, Eurasia, and Eastasia.
    • missmewiththatlan hour ago
      Trump should focus on America. In 15 days, he's going to wish he didn't.
      • cute_boi34 minutes ago
        Hopefully, trump loses so badly republican will get some sense.
        • georgemcbaya minute ago
          Republicans will not get any sense regardless of what happens.

          The only important question is whether Democrats will get any sense if they win.

          The worst outcome is actually Democrats winning and then keeping the status quo. They won't have any real power to pass legislation even if they win, but if they win and don't use this time to shake up their own party and instead keep Schumer/Jeffries/et al in charge and keep towing the center-right Third Way-esque line then in a few years time we will find out that actually, yes, there are worse people that could be president than Trump (all of the malevolence, but perhaps with competence too next time).

          Every change since 2016 has been a change election and the Democratic party refusing to understand this (because the consultant class and their high value donors don't want to understand it) is one of the primary factors in creating and enabling Trump.

        • hackyhacky30 minutes ago
          It doesn't matter whether Republicans lose the election or not. Trump will just ignore/dismiss the election results, or ignore/dismiss Congress, as he did has done for the last two years.
  • evann-dev16 minutes ago
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