Far-right figures, including Nazi supporters, anti-gay extremists, and white supremacists, are flocking to Threads, media researcher says (web.archive.org)

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In the last year, Meta, along with other major social media platforms, has noticeably deprioritized its content moderation and user safety practices, the research organization Media Matters says. Instagram specifically has a long history of allowing hate speech and misinformation to prosper on the app, including permitting virulently anti-LGBTQ accounts, far-right extremists, and right-wing advertisers to post false and harmful rhetoric.

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[-] GiantBasil@beehaw.org 16 points 1 year ago

Well, yeah, why wouldn't they? It's where everyone else is. Poisoning the well is their whole thing.

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