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[–] SplashJackson@lemmy.ca 3 points 15 hours ago

Sounds like those algorithms can go fuck themselves!

[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 day ago

Do something?

[–] stringere@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 day ago

Ok, so shut them down. Block them nationally. I know people will get around it but take some kind of protective measures before it is too late for you.

[–] riodoro1@lemmy.world 56 points 1 day ago (2 children)

BAAAAANNNN THEEEEEEMMMM

Jesus fucking christ if I could go back in time and destroy the internet I would.

[–] InFerNo@lemmy.ml 5 points 23 hours ago

I knew a time before the internet. We don't need it. It has brought us great things, but the cons are outweighing it.

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Capitalism -> Fascism.

Chinese and American propaganda platforms have been pushing Nazi content for years.

Same warnings Americans got. β€œHey, look! Social media is infested with right wing propaganda!”

Yet here we are with King Cheeto in charge.

[–] DarkCloud@lemmy.world 107 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Almost like some American tech giants are aiding Russia or something.

[–] randomname@scribe.disroot.org 42 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It says Tiktok and Twitter, so the tech giants come from China and the U.S. here. And they are not (only) aiding Russia. The AfD has close connections to China, and Beijing is very interested in the rise of the far right in Germany and the rest of Europe.

[–] thoon@feddit.nl 29 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Of course they do. Every non-democratic country wants to destabilize us.

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[–] djsoren19@lemmy.blahaj.zone 37 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Please, please god crush these clowns. I don't know if I'll be able to mentally recover from an AfD sweep. The U.S. needs to be the end of the spread of fascism, not the first domino in a falling chain.

[–] yetAnotherUser@discuss.tchncs.de 19 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

The AfD won't sweep but they will likely become the 2nd strongest party, after the conservative CDU whose right wing loves the Republicans:

Among others in this image: Former traffic minister Andreas Scheuer, a prominent CDU member (CSU to be more precise but it's basically the same party).

If AfD + CDU achieve a majority it's not unlikely that they will form a coalition - or at the very least vote for the same bills.

Fascism is on a global rise. The fascist Reform UK is surging in British polls, Italy has a fascist government, the fascist ~~Γ–VP~~ FPΓ– has gotten the most votes in the recent Austrian election etc etc

Fascism is on a global rise and actively supported by Russia, China and the US. I doubt that democracy can survive efficient Russian disinformation + the full resources of China and the US.

I'd say it will only get worse from here.

[–] InFerNo@lemmy.ml 2 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

We are literally experiencing US disinformation. Trump is on the news telling lies, passing them off as facts. It's being reported, spread, reaching many people.

Russian disinformation is still more effective as of now. Trump himself is literally just repeating Russian disinformation and not making up lies on his own. The US has not yet become as proficient with the firehose of falsehood as the Russian state due to lack of experience for the most part.

You just cannot build up a Telegram channel network with hundreds of thousands of subscribers posting about how the EU harvests Adrenochrome from babies over night.

[–] Tomassci@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 day ago

Fascism is also supported by many billionaires, because they won't be targeted anyways.

[–] Raylon@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago

No disagreement, just Γ–VP should be FPΓ–.

[–] Ooops@feddit.org 40 points 1 day ago (1 children)

So after years of this happening in plain sight for everyone to see, people now notice days before an election? 🀣

[–] DrDickHandler@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago

AfD will make massive progress. These social media algos had to be banned years ago. Same thing will happen with Canada.

[–] intelisense@lemm.ee 30 points 1 day ago (6 children)

Even my lemmy feed on Boost is full of AfD adverts, it's enfuriating.

[–] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 19 points 1 day ago (8 children)

Wtf? How are there still people using this kinda garbage app? Lemmy and the fediverse is free, run and developed by volunteers. There are plenty of open source clients to choose from. Why in the fuck are people actively choosing to look at ads?

[–] LucidNightmare@lemm.ee 1 points 20 hours ago

I don’t get it either.

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[–] tja@sh.itjust.works 27 points 1 day ago (4 children)

How do you get ads on Lemmy?

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No shit.

I mean, really, how is this a surprise? Just look at the inauguration photos and who is on stage.

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