"Mark Zuckerberg just announced sweeping changes to the social internet, all in line with the desires of President Trump and Trump voters.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

"Believing that Zuckerberg and his cohorts in the tech oligarchical class are showering Trump in millions of dollars or somehow changing their behaviors because they’re 'afraid' of him keeps us from recognizing the larger truth: this is who they are."

~ Jared Yates Sexton

#MarkZuckerberg #Meta #Trump #ElonMusk #MAGA #internet
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What They Always Wanted: Zuckerberg, Trump, and the New Normal

They're not "obeying in advance." They're relieved. They're all-in.

(jaredyatessexton.substack.com)

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

"This isn't about Meta being scared of Trump. It's about Zuckerberg recognizing an opportunity. He's not capitulating to pressure; he's aligning himself with power. There's a difference. The company that claimed it needed to protect teens from LGBTQ content is now suddenly concerned about having too many content restrictions. What changed? The political winds."

~ Parker Molloy

#MarkZuckerberg #Meta #Trump #ElonMusk #MAGA #internet
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Mark Zuckerberg Just Made His Trump Loyalty Pledge

Meta's sudden embrace of "free expression" comes with a telling catch: it only applies to the right people.

(www.readtpa.com)

[deepmud@mas.to]

@wdlindsy DISGUSTING

[fedops@fosstodon.org]

@wdlindsy it's late-stage capitalism now entering the age of early-stage fascism.

Exactly what happened in Germany in the 1930s. You need to get in line with the fascists otherwise you get shut down. It's not even a decision.

[jamesbazan@mastodon.coffee]

@wdlindsy he wants to be able to acquire and monetize the identities of the nearly 450 million people on the EU who are currently protected by privacy laws.

[7times9@mastodon.social]

@wdlindsy resist resist resist. but the young will have to fight it's their world

[frances_larina@sfba.social]

@wdlindsy

What if it's not "capitulation" or "surrender" but instead, "exactly what they'd prefer"?

[yuhasz01@mastodon.social]

@wdlindsy All the oligarchs want big fat US government contracts. You know like ones that made Mush the richest man in the world.

[jcarttarbrooke@mastodon.social]

@wdlindsy Zuck continues to be the guy with everything who stands for nothing. He's made himself Trump's personal putz along with Bezos. Trump calls them Thing 1 and Thing 2. Now Musk thinks his title is Ambassador to the Universe but Trump refers to him as Lieutenant Major Moneybags.

[kentbrew@xoxo.zone]

@wdlindsy yes. This is greed, not fear.

[jrefior@hachyderm.io]

@wdlindsy
Trump wouldn’t have had a chance at the presidency in 2016 if not for Facebook. This is a really good reason to #BoycottMeta

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@jrefior Absolutely right.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@kentbrew I agree.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@jCarttarBrooke The guy with everything who stands for nothing is such a good encapsulation of him.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@yuhasz01 Yep.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@Frances_Larina I myself see it that way, for sure — exactly what they'd prefer.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@7times9 And yes, shamefully, large numbers of them didn't even bother to show up and vote.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@JamesBazan Well-noted and very well-stated.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@fedops Excellent description of what's happening.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@deepmud I agree.