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This is why we gotta ban TikTok!!! \s
“lobbing”
is this a trusted outlet? at least we can be pretty sure a human wrote it ha ha ha
I would also like to lob Congress.
please give me the lobbing machine 🙏
Well it is called readsludge.com
right?!? lol
i know mbfc isnt the best but: https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/sludge/
Bias Rating: LEFT Factual Reporting: HIGH Country: USA MBFC’s Country Freedom Rating: MOSTLY FREE Media Type: Website Traffic/Popularity: Minimal Traffic MBFC Credibility Rating: HIGH CREDIBILITY
…so…. maybe? maybe its fine idk
Well we knew it had to be something. I mean most of Congress is too old to know what a tik tok is.
They’re just too old for everything. They’re almost part of ancient history.
Tic Tac Toe!
Media headlines that use the word lobbying probably do it so that people don’t take up arms. If they were to instead call it bribery, I think a lot more people would take issue with the whole process.
Shit, we should also ban insta, fb, and google places while we’re at it.
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I used to say those same things, now I basically just keep messenger as a job requirement but the rest of it can F off
marketplace is nothing but spam and scam, and those “friends” the only ones I care to talk to, use discord, or regular phone text
Isn’t messenger app the worst of them all?
Yes. Messenger collects detailed information about every device on every WiFi network you connect to, including MAC addresses, IP addresses, OS and version, device names, open ports, duration of DHCP lease on each device, and much more. It does this every time you open the app, and on every WiFi network you connect to.
Source for this? I don’t doubt it but would love to be able to reference something.
Just force them to use open standards and for it to be easy for people to move platform whilst keeping all the connections to their profile: the power of such social media entities is that people are locked-in because if they move they lose the connections of both followers and those they follow, which often means family and friends.
Basically a solution similar to that adopted in Europe for phone numbers - that you can take your number with you when you move providers - would reduced social media companies down to “just a pipe for social media connectivity” which would ultimatelly kill those with the worst practices given that the barrier to entry to be a “social media provider” is way lower than to be a fixed line telephony provider.
Don’t tempt me with a good time.
Actually, be very tempted please! Get 'm!
We are on a social network platform too?
One where you can use any server and client you wish, as long as it implements the same freely-available spec. You can probably access the source code of the server and client you’re using.
As with many things: the problem is not the technology itself, but the terms that capital owners demand we accept in order to use it.
Not really. It’s just a fancy forum.
Social network platforms have corporate controlled algorithms designed to maximize addiction. At the very least, you would need a “friend” system and who the fuck follows each other on here? When I was using reddit, one person followed me and it was a bot.
As if the US government could understand this platform. It will be a shame to lose lemmy.world though
The reason we have a Chinese competitor that we cannot directly control is that Meta is buying up every promising US platform and shutting it down. Or just trying to copy it so that the competitor does not get enough users
As if anti-trust law doesn’t exist. It is crazy to me nowadays, most tech startup’s goal from the very start is to sale to a big tech competitor. This certainly should have anti-trust implications.
Nope. The legal system is pay to win.
What platforms has meta bought and shut down?
I can think of zero examples myself.
CrowdTangle, MetaSpark, Moves, Onavo, Bump, Parse, etc
Not sure, most of the companies they buy they claim are to acquire their workers. They’ve bought over 90 companies from what I saw in a quick search.
They buy to acquire IP and shutter competition gaining market share. Any employees are typically systematically let go or driven to quit intentionally within 6 months to a year.
Headlines that basically say the same shit twice really are swell.
If you want to produce the same shit twice, just use a colon.
So what does Zuck do when Trump uses an exec order to stay the ban and pushes Republicans to reverse it?
If Zuck gives Trump more money then why would he? Probably would just allow Meta to buy it or something dumb like that.
Algorithmically quell his own cybernetic rage.
It’s already back up lmfao
Yep. But this doesn’t answer their question. I’m rooting for a Tik Tok CEO vs Meta CEO battle Royale at the inauguration.
Tom just sitting on the sidelines, eating popcorn.
Tom wouldn’t be caught dead in the same hemisphere as either of these fucks
Tom just wanted to be friends. Why can’t more people be like Tom? 😂
Trumps just gonna keep him hanging hoping he’s in the inner circle and bleeding him dry in the process.
Well I just hope they reverse the whole bill, so we can tr-appropriate the tax money back we sent to aid Israel
Why does everyone think Trumps going to allow Tiktok. He doesn’t like China, and Musk is going to push him to ban it so he can buy it.
You’re partially right. Trump originally wanted to ban TikTok because “China.”
However, the platform’s influence on younger voters supposedly helped him to win the election, so he now favors it.
No surprise that Trump’s personal needs are far more important than real US security.
ByteDance has a lot of money. Trump likes money. Trump’s only leverage over ByteDance is allowing TikTok, so he’ll do that in exchange for money
Zuckerberg and Meta are much more centralized in the US, which gives Trump far more options in terms of what he can offer them. Trump will give Zuckerberg something else to placate him. Probably lots of cheap H-1B labor
I haven’t seen a comment age this quickly and poorly in quite some time.
If you haven’t noticed Trump says a lot of things. He’s always talking out of both sides of his mouth. I’ll believe it when I see it, we’ll see tomorrow. Also, a delay is not overturning it.
It’s back now with a message thanking President Trump.
Which makes the whole thing so transparent considering Trump literally couldn’t have done anything as he’s still not president yet… The whole thing was a stunt.
Who asked for a 50% stake in the company.
“Issues related to voter suppression/interference, political ads and misinformation policies.”
It’s nice to see meta have learned from their own mistakes and are now trying to protect
democracyprofits.https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebook–Cambridge_Analytica_data_scandal
I think this was less about lobbying and more about bogeyman of China.
AIPAC lobbying also
You know China vetoed a Gaza Ceasefire last march, right?
They’re also allied with Iran who militarized Hamas in the first place.
They’re also allied with Iran who militarized Hamas in the first place.
You say this like it’s a bad thing. TBH colonized people suffering from genocide should resist.
You happily traded 47,000 of Palestinian lives for 1700 israelis, congratz and fuck off.
Stop spreading lies.
Gaza: Security Council passes resolution demanding ‘an immediate ceasefire’ during Ramadan https://news.un.org/en/story/2024/03/1147931
How does that argue anything I just said?
China passed a Ceasefire SC resolution in March 2024, when you claimed they vetoed against it. The opposite of what you claimed happened.
Same source as your previous link, too.
China’s Ambassador Zhang Jun said that the most urgent action the Council should take is calling for an immediate and unconditional ceasefire, in line with the wishes of the UN General Assembly and the UN Secretary-General. Ambassador Zhang Jun, Permanent Representative of China, addressing the Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question. United Nations Ambassador Zhang Jun, Permanent Representative of China, addressing the Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question.
He said the Council had dragged its feet and wasted too much time in this regard.
With a view to safeguarding the UN Charter and the “dignity” of the Council, together with the view of Arab States, China therefore voted against the US draft.
He pointed to the new draft resolution from the 10 elected Council members now circulating: “This draft is clear on the issue of a ceasefire and is in line with the correct direction of the Council action and is of great relevance. China supports this draft.”
From the ceasefire resolution that was passed three days later, note with the US abstaining to vote and immediately lying about the binding character of the resolution to then continue arm Israel with billions worth of bombs to murder tens of thousands more Palestinians.
A US-proposed draft to end the war in Gaza was vetoed by permanent Council members China and Russia, in a vote of 11 favour to three against (Algeria, China, Russia) and one abstention (Guyana)
Several ambassadors voiced their support for a new draft proposed by the “E-10” group of non-permanent Council members, which calls for an immediate ceasefire
The vetoed draft would have made imperative an immediate and sustained ceasefire in Gaza, with an “urgent need to expand the flow of humanitarian assistance” to all civilians and lifting “all barriers” to delivering aid
Council members disagreed over elements of the draft, and some highlighted glaring exclusions despite having raised multiple concerns with the US during negotiations
Ambassadors largely supported swift action to bring food and lifesaving aid at scale into Gaza, where concerns of famine grew as Israel continues to block and slow walk shipments into the besieged enclave
Some Council members called for pursuing the two-State solution to the ongoing conflict
Israel’s ambassador was invited to speak, calling the draft’s failure to pass and condemn Hamas “a stain that will never be forgotten”You are trying to frame not licking Netanyahus and the US boots as they commit a genocide as opposing a ceasefire, when in fact it was about demanding a ceasefire in line with the realities on the ground.
I don’t know why I do this to myself, but I read through Meta’s disclosure
Every single lobbyist I looked at worked in DC before becoming a lobbyist. I knew it happened a lot, but it’s really depressing to see
Also, why do these disclosures not require companies to specify how the money was spent? There are only ~20 different lobbyists mentioned, and Meta spent 7.6M in a single quarter
Yes, companies hiring people in politics or with government connections is a very normal thing
$7.6 million, pocket change to these chumps. Up the ante!
Good, finally putting that money to good use.
Stifling competition, great use indeed. Make today’s billionaires trillionaires.
TikTok are not competition, they don’t even care about profit or they would have sold 80% of ownership and would continue operating legally.
They’re a weapon
The same can be said for Meta and X. They even stopped moderating them. So why shall we ban TikTok and allow Meta and X to continue working? I am up for greater scrutiny of social media, but one that’s applied equally across all platforms.
