Blocked
old.reddit.com

This includes some porn subreddits as well as subreddits like /r/Drugs. Apparently due to being “unmoderated”, but some were not. What are your thoughts?

Edit: apparently also subreddits like /r/transgender_surgeries are banned too. Definitely feels politically motivated. Edit 2: seems like at least some (?) bans are being undone, like the above mentioned ones.

  • DreamlandLividity@lemmy.world
    8·
    9 hours ago

    These corporations just see the writing on the wall, and I’m sure many of them are doing it purely out of self-preservation.

    I guess, but as I said, I did not expect the corpos of America that have basically bought the government through lobbyists to be afraid of that. Especially the tech giants, who could probably reshape public opinion with a turn of a dial on their algorithms.

    Others probably have some romantic view of industry in Nazi Germany, and think they can glom onto the fascists and become the next Hugo Boss or Volkswagon.

    Musk and his companies certainly expect that, but I am skeptical of the others to join in this late.

    Both explanations are possible but they seem unlikely to me. I feel like I am missing a piece of the puzzle.

    • zephorah@lemm.ee
      1·
      9 hours ago

      Most of this only works if you play along. If they all just said no, there would be nothing like this. The only real threat is to Google because it’s a legit monopoly. I don’t see what a substantial executive branch threat would be on any of the social medias. The TikTok thing only happened due to the China tag.