TikTok is a psyops software disguised as a social media application. Facebook is bad for other reasons. But psysops are not one of them.
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istanbullu@lemmy.ml 8 months agoI’m not an American. By your logic, let’s ban all American social media.
jaschen@lemm.ee 7 months ago
istanbullu@lemmy.ml 7 months ago
Facebook complies with the Cloud Act.
irreticent@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Facebook is bad for other reasons. But psysops are not one of them.
You’ve obviously never heard of the Cambridge Analytica scandal. That meddled in our presidential election on behalf of a hostile foreign nation.
There are also plenty of other examples of Facebook running psyop campaigns themselves on their own users. Your claim is demonstrably false.
raspberriesareyummy@lemmy.world 7 months ago
That would be great. Where can I sign?
pressanykeynow@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Just wondering why would you want to ban anything? Does banning something solve any problem that a normal person has? I mean if the ban wave is on it would be fair to ban anything that’s not open source but I do think censorship is cancer.
raspberriesareyummy@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I am not very comfortable with “banning” websites - let’s say outright dissolving some companies is probably the better approach, but also a double-edged sword. However, there is sometimes a need to legally shut down some entities.
I believe that by now it should no longer be a subject of debate that social media has a very unhealthy influence on the public opinion, and that most humans do not have the intellectual capacity to critically reflect on the media they consume. That’s already a problem with some TV programs, and it has gotten worse with social media monetizing anger. As a result we get people who vote for politicians who promise them nothing short of a dictatorship. That’s incredibly dangerous, and therefore I would like to see all social media federated - centralized services give way too much power to individuals with shady motives.