• psvrh@lemmy.ca
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    2 years ago

    This is what happens when your platform prioritizes engagement over everything else, including people’s lives.

    • loathsome dongeater@lemmygrad.ml
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      For this particular occasion, the engagement aspect is less important. The more interesting thing to look at is whether BJP pressure on Meta was the reason that these ads were given the greenlight. Twitter’s offices were raided in the past for some petty BS so it is not out of the question.

  • Red_sun_in_the_sky@lemmy.ml
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    I don’t know if the article mentioned it or not but facebook was instrumental this time around in pogroms that took place in manipur. Also whatssapp too. They literally push gross hateful shit like love jihad or whatever the sangh wants to push.