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Threads backtracks flagging right-wing users for spreading disinformation (mashable.com)

submitted 1 year ago by JRepin@lemmy.ml to c/technology@lemmy.ml

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When Threads launched on Wednesday, numerous right-wing users shared(opens in a new tab) their dissatisfaction(opens in a new tab) with Twitter's biggest competitor — on Twitter of course — over having their accounts flagged for disinformation. As of Friday, however, it seems the warning label on accounts that reported the issue has since disappeared.

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[-] cerement@slrpnk.net 109 points 1 year ago

pre-Musk Twitter claimed they couldn’t ban Nazis because that would mean banning Republicans …

[-] TheSaneWriter@lemm.ee 79 points 1 year ago

Twitter and Truth Social have already captured the right-wing market, kowtowing to their demands is not going to earn Threads new users and will discourage moderates from signing up.

[-] lagomorphlecture@lemm.ee 38 points 1 year ago

Also, it totally proves that any instance that preemptively defederates from them is 100% in the right (for any people who honestly believe in a wait and see approach).

[-] some_guy 16 points 1 year ago

I was anti-defederate until now. I've always thought "fuck them," but this is what I needed to say we should cut them out of the fediverse. Boot lickers.

[-] TheSaneWriter@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago

Yeah, I largely agree. I know there are people that are concerned about Mastadon's growth, but honestly the biggest thing preventing Mastadon from growing is that normies find federation to be confusing and stupid and small Mastadon instances have bad discoverability.

[-] sibachian@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

if you create a fresh new unlinked tiktok account and start swiping, most content will be vaccine propaganda, jordan peterson, and right-wing rhetorics.

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[-] Banzai51@midwest.social 78 points 1 year ago

"If you flag our lies, we'll cry!!!!" -Republicans

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[-] RocksForBrains@lemm.ee 48 points 1 year ago

Any platform that welcomes or caters to the political right wing is rendered effectively useless.

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[-] z3n0x@feddit.de 19 points 1 year ago

Threads & Twitter? Tis a silly place!

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[-] eric5949@lemmy.cloudaf.site 18 points 1 year ago

I was meh on the whole meta fediverse thing but yeah, fuck em. Already defederated them and they aren't even using it yet.

[-] HellaPterodactylSkills@tooters.org 3 points 1 year ago

@JRepin The right is flush with cash from all these billionaire funded foundations. They mount such coordinated campaigns for their causes because they have that money. The tax code is the biggest enabler of the right’s rise. If the left ever gets a majority again, they need to remove tax loopholes for “charitable donations” to thinly veiled political organizations. It would definitely slow the influx of money.

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