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[โ€“] BrotherCod@kbin.social 153 points 1 year ago (22 children)

I know it's getting into conspiracy realms, but there seems to be a large right-wing buyout of social media. Reddit and Twitter two of the best Independent News sources in North America I've already been hit and even though people will argue they are not true new sources, they allow smaller groups to be heard globally. Young people don't realize how limited news broadcast were before the 2000s. Almost all media was owned by about 50 people worldwide and good luck getting something published that wasn't in their agenda. You could see it throughout the 50s and 60s as people being labeled radical when their views didn't coincide with the media magnets. I try not to be an alarmist but I think we're heading for another dark ages.

[โ€“] serklarvel@kbin.social 24 points 1 year ago

He said he was buying Twitter not for the money but "to save civilization". His ideas about civilization are all all-right batshit.

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