underisk

joined 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 hour ago
[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 weeks ago

So people on the internet can get mad that you didn’t vote how they wanted instead of getting mad at you for not voting.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

That’s great. Nothing has changed about Facebook so nothing is stopping them from banning it now for the same reason as TikTok. The only reason they wouldn’t is if they had a motivation that had nothing to do with protecting elections from foreign influence.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Foresight? We’re talking about the present and the recent past dude are you okay or do you just argue in weird slogans?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I am for severely restricting the ability for all corporations to gather and sell user data. You think I’m making a whattaboutism or whatever debate buzzword you want to conjure up; what I’m taking issue with is the argument that the reason they’re getting banned has anything to do with that data collection or “national security”. If that had any truth to it, Facebook would have gotten the same treatment, or at the very least would be in the conversation now since they do the same exact shit. If this was about data collection they would pass regulations about that instead of targeting one specific site to unilaterally ban.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

Their justification for banning Tiktok is that it allows the Chinese government to collect on their platform. It's the same fucking thing.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago (6 children)

Did occurring in 2015 happen to make it less bad somehow? We sure as hell weren't passing laws to ban facebook back then either, so I'm not sure what point you think you've made.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 weeks ago (13 children)

Facebook sold personal data to a foreign organization called Cambridge Analytica who used it to influence our elections. If their motivations are to protect us via protecting themselves, why is Facebook not banned, and not even in the discussion of being banned?

[–] [email protected] 14 points 4 weeks ago

If they want people to keep shopping there and providing the income necessary to maintain that charitable work, they should probably try to maintain the perception that they price things cheaply enough to make it worth digging through racks of second hand goods.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 weeks ago

Through various stages of my life I have used torrents, streaming, Usenet, Napster, limewire, aol/IRC chat rooms, discord, and even google searches. You must adapt to whatever works.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 weeks ago

As funny as it is to picture in your head I don’t think it’s appropriate to wear a costume and do a funny bit when you may be deciding if someone gets to keep their children or lose their house. The other person involved sounds like an uptight liar, but I i think maybe all of these people kinda suck.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Remember when they at least made transparently bullshit excuses about human shields and terror tunnels when they did their war crimes? I wonder when exactly they worked out they didn’t have to bother anymore.

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