Summary
Meta’s Instagram faced criticism after searches for “Democrat” or “Democrats” displayed a “results hidden” message, while “Republican” returned 3.3 million posts.
The issue emerged after Donald Trump’s inauguration, which Meta owner Mark Zuckerberg attended.
Meta attributed the problem to a technical error affecting political hashtags and promised a quick fix.
Critics, however, flagged concerns over perceived political bias, especially as Meta has recently shifted content moderation policies and aligned closer to the Republican administration, including donations to Trump and appointing a Republican as global affairs chief.
Ditch all meta ‘products’
Just travelled through Chile. All bus schedules in the south are exclusively on Facebook and Instagram, and literally the only way to book a ticket is Whatsapp.
I wish I was exaggerating.
Just need the rest of the world to ditch WhatsApp and that will be the last meta app that I use
I simply refuse to use it. Need to message me on WhatsApp? Here’s my email.
You can link up your email to whatsapp?
No, but more people have email than WhatsApp.
this is the way! Make whatsapp less convenient for people. If there’s always a few who don’t have whatsapp, these things will move to email
I currently work for a company that does contractual support for some meta products. I’ll be doing my part to slow work there until I move
And block or (better) poison all their trackers. Just because you’re not using a Meta product doesn’t mean they’re not spying on you.
Any tips on how to do this?
Haven’t logged into my facebook since covid. Don’t have Instagram, WhatsApp or other social media crap. Lemmy (sometimes reddit, I have to admit) and Discord are the only “social networks” (I hate this term, it should be para-social network) I use.