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Why did Mark Zuckerberg end Facebook and Instagram’s factchecking program?
(www.theguardian.com)
A lot of words to say: Money
this post was submitted on 08 Jan 2025
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Cowardice and boredom.
He's likely completed his Hawaiian bunker fortress and, like a cop with a cold gun on his hip, reminding him everyday that he isn't using it, he wants to start some shit so he can (he hopes) feel something. Similar to how the Christians want the end of the world, because their lives are empty and they want to see if they were right about the existence of a god. They'd end us all in a moment to satisfy their own selfish impulses
Let's be honest. It's not that Mark is a facist or whatever. It's because the change is good for him personally, and he just doesn't care about others. As for why it is good for him... workers in texas are cheaper, and most of the people currently on the team in Cali will quit rather than move.
For real. Dude gave that presser with the outline of sun glasses tanned onto his face I assume from spending his riches in a summer house with a lot of sun.
They're so fucking shit lol.
Between this and the AI accounts, they're being real explicit about manufacturing public opinions.
Why?
You're actually asking why?
Because Mark Zuckerberg is a fucking Nazi, just like Trump and Musk.
WOW. He just wears the uniform and marches to the beat because he might be persecuted otherwise. It’s totally different, even though it’s only noticeable if you can literally read his mind. Next you’ll say those nine people sitting at a table with a nazi are nazis.
~~He and other "tech leaders" wanted to be sure they are seen servicing donvict.~~
Oops, I mean, he wanted to facilitate better relations with the incoming admin.
Fascism is on the match. The problem is not that they are on the move. The problem is that many of us just join the march but caring about what we are doing ... or not doing.
And no I'm not calling for revolution.... I'm just calling out everyone that participates in corporate social media and wonder why they are encouraging the spreading of lies and propaganda
Trump is about to finish what Reagan started. All these.policy shifts prove it.
Wealthy, insulated fashys think they have no use for the truth. That it's just an expense. And the people at large have not stepped up to correct them.
It's so wild to me that all of these gun nuts cannot help but throwing out the point that it's to combat tyranny for any argument ever, and then when they finally see tyranny, they're literally buying fucking merch to further propagate it.
You could write this into a movie or TV show, and it would be poorly reviewed for not being realistic.
I think most of us could have predicted this decades and decades ago, though. Many are some of the same dinguses that fly the loser flag of traitors, after all.
We talking about that actual dish rag or the other dish rag with an X on it?
Look around. No one is correcting them because they aren't wrong. No one cares about truth. Lies make everyone so much happier.
Disagree. Lies make everyone angrier. That's what the lies are designed to do.
I don't think they're designed either way, you can lie to a kid about how long a journey is as they have no real concept of time, this is a white lie, to stop them moaning about being stuck in the car. Lots of people (sheep) just want to be told the grass is greenest right where they are and there's no need to look any deeper, ignorance is bliss. Lies should make people angry, but for some reason they don't. It's almost expected from certain people, like anyone in power will probably lie.
It only works for a short time. It will break. And break more violently the longer it drags on.
They have a use for truth, but only when it suits them, otherwise it's just an opinion like any other.
analysts expect minimal financial impact on Meta
Let's make the analysts wrong and boycott Meta products. Quit Facebook, Instagram and Threads.
There's a common saying; If 9 people sit down at a table with 1 Nazi without protest, there are 10 Nazis at the table. The people at Meta are like the 9 people, they pretend to act ignorant but they know exactly what they are doing. They care more about profits than they care about the country so we must make it so they loose big from this decision.
Hmmm, is there a way to just quit and leave an access to messenger (preferably by non Facebook app?) I have account since 2006 and want to kill it, the only thing that keeps me is still a few of people that I don't have other ways to contact.
Edit: not sure if Facebook got confused (due to visiting Europe), but on my family member messenger it showed option to separate Facebook account with messenger due to European regulations. I wish it have me that option.
I'm very surprised but this does seem possible: https://www.facebook.com/help/messenger-app/1526848634305688/
However if possible I think it would be good to try convincing your friends to switch to a more secure chat app such as Signal.
Probably because fact checkers cost money and not fact checking is free.
Because they were always intended as a propaganda and surveillance network. That's what targeted advertising and marketing analytics are.