I’m constantly surprised everyone whiiines and whines about “cancel culture”, but doesn’t bat an eye at literal non-government censorship.
It’s nice to see people actually pay attention for once.
Comment on Threads blocks searches related to covid and vaccines as cases rise
Infynis@midwest.social 1 year ago
I’m surprised people are criticizing this. Facebook was the cause of a lot of deaths the first time around. This seems like an attempt to prevent the spread of misinformation
MotoAsh@lemmy.world 1 year ago
ripcord@kbin.social 1 year ago
90% of the time I've seen someone complain about "cancel culture" they're not talking about anything government-related.
geosoco@kbin.social 1 year ago
And about 95% there was never any cancelling occurring. Someone was just upset they violated some rules or a brand didn't want their image tarnished by a shithead.
ripcord@kbin.social 1 year ago
True
GBU_28@lemm.ee 1 year ago
KELLY RIPA CAME INTO MY HOME
MotoAsh@lemmy.world 1 year ago
The topic is non-government censoring. I only said non-government because tons of idiots jump to claim corporations aren’t the government when it comes to them censoring people.
If cancel culture isn’t governmental, then it only reinforces my point.
notacuban@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Yeah, I have no love for Meta, but this is a case of damned if you do or damned if you don’t. If they didn’t censor it, how much do you bet there’d be an article posted here that said “Threads allows Covid and vaccine misinformation to spread as cases rise”
Steeve@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
This community loses all critical thinking skills as soon as the title mentions Meta or Google lol
Nougat@kbin.social 1 year ago
::taps forehead:: Can't be spreading misinformation if you don't allow people to search for any information.
CaptObvious@literature.cafe 1 year ago
Trump’s solution to rising case counts in 2020: Stop counting. Problem solved. /smh