• j4yt33@feddit.org
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    13
    arrow-down
    2
    ·
    1 day ago

    Which is ironic given that Facebook and YouTube are probably not banned. I would think that those have played a far far bigger role in the rise of the right, vaccination scepticism and general conspiracy theories

    • frayedpickles@lemmy.cafe
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      1
      ·
      5 hours ago

      Facebook is tightly woven into daily life in a lot of places. And I don’t just mean outside of the united States. Small businesses use it as a home page, or they post menus or events to Instagram. As pathetic as it is they can’t figure out wordpress, it’s still a semi-legitimate use.

    • john89
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      4
      arrow-down
      1
      ·
      9 hours ago

      Their owned by Westerners so it’s okay.

      • Lemminary@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        1
        ·
        edit-2
        8 hours ago

        At least you could say they were held by the balls by Congress. The Zuck did testify multiple times before them regarding media manipulation. But that’s the very least. It didn’t work, though, because Americans were still swayed and not just by social media. Now, they want free range and they want to achieve that by jumping on Trump’s smol pp… again.