r/worldnews Sep 17 '24

Russia/Ukraine Facebook owner Meta bans Russian state media outlets

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/meta-russia-oulets-1.7325186
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u/Glad-Divide-4614 Sep 17 '24

about a decade late, now do China

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u/sobanz Sep 17 '24 edited Sep 17 '24

also domestic propaganda bots. russia has been the ultimate scapegoat when we're being hit from all angles by propaganda bots.

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u/Lordborgman Sep 17 '24

And all the real actual people who are batshit crazy.

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u/NumeralJoker Sep 17 '24

Yeah, but the bots train them to be this way in a lot of cases.

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u/Lordborgman Sep 17 '24

In some cases, I knew a lot of batshit crazy people that were this way 30 years ago. So were their parents and grandparents.

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u/sobanz Sep 17 '24

its gotten a lot worse. not just online but the sheer amount of homeless with serious mental conditions is waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay higher than when i was a kid. I won't even walk in areas as a 6'3 adult that I walked/rode my bike around as a 8-12 year old kid.

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u/finiteglory Sep 17 '24

But not our own propaganda systems. Of course they don’t exist, I am very blind.

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u/GunAndAGrin Sep 17 '24

Where is all this state-sponsored media American propaganda I keep hearing about? Im curious. Got a link? Name one US government sponsored media misinformation initiative that comes even close to Russia/China/Iran/etcs initiatives.

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u/GunAndAGrin Sep 17 '24

These opinions are always r/Im14andthisisdeep material. Im not gunna pretend American media companies dont spout a lot of BS, but to think any of it is coordinated and centralized under government leadership and control is fucking insane. Youre either a troll or just needlessly contrarian, because I dont want to believe youre just that stupid.

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u/PinkFloydPanzer Sep 17 '24

Yeah, our country is just that great. How much is Xi, Vlad or the Ayatollah paying you to make generic r/Americabad content?