Comment on Papua New Guinea shuts down Facebook in test to stop 'pornography, misinformation, hate speech'
max_dryzen@mander.xyz 3 weeks agoLook at what’s really happening though: the state is implicitly saying you can have free expression provided your reach is miniscule/ineffectual. The moment you get traction is the moment it will move to block use of your preferred platforms, or simply hard-/algorithmically ban you
They rely on the public’s credulity when they insist freedoms are intact because ‘only one website’ is verboten. It’s a dirty exploit
Zoot@reddthat.com 3 weeks ago
Facebook exclusively promoted rage bait and is used as a propaganda machine, if anything they’re circumventing a free and open space by not showing you everything in the first place.
If Facebook simply gave you a wall of every single thing pushed and didn’t hide/promote things you would have a leg to stand on.