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.

  • @[email protected]
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    -891 month ago

    Oh God, have we come full circle? 8 years ago this would be the same article but about how meta was blocking conservatives…

        • @[email protected]
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          291 month ago

          I’m not seeing where in that article it says the Supreme Court confirmed that conservatives were being blocked by social media, let alone that social media was being forced to by the government. Can you clip me the excerpt i’m missing?

        • @dogslayeggs
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          161 month ago

          That was not about government censorship. That was about the government being able to discuss with corporations what harmful things should be self-filtered by the corporations.

          Also, since those things the government in that lawsuit wanted filtered were false and harmful misinformation related to election security and COVID, it seems conservatives equate harmful and fake shit as “conservative.”

    • @theunknownmuncher
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      491 month ago

      Can’t say the n word?!?? Republican viewpoints are being SiLeNcEd!!!

      🙄

    • @Skyrmir
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      281 month ago

      You mean the company that hired Cambridge Analytics to help Trump win the first time was censoring conservative sources? I don’t think so.

      • @[email protected]
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        -251 month ago

        Why do people seem to think I’m saying that Meta was blocking conservatives? Are Lemmykins that bad at comprehension or are they too just egged along by the rage machine to the point where they can’t think clearly?

          • @[email protected]
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            -71 month ago

            8 years ago this would be the same article but about how meta was blocking conservatives

            So comprehension then. Thanks!

            • @[email protected]
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              81 month ago

              IDK dog if this many people misunderstood my point I’d be trying better not doubling down on blaming them but you do you

              • @[email protected]
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                -91 month ago

                I’m happy to accept that there are a lot of stupid people on Lemmy, particularly the politics communities.

                • @HerrBeter
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                  41 month ago

                  If you err, it is not correct to blame everyone else. Lest you want to commit fallacies

        • @dogslayeggs
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          181 month ago

          Why do people seem to think I’m saying that Meta was blocking conservatives?

          Because your literal words were “the same article but about how meta was blocking conservatives.” Please tell the class how saying “meta was blocking conservatives” does NOT mean “Meta was blocking conservatives.”