cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/19871857

Meta is banning Russia state media organization from its social media company platforms, alleging that the outlets used deceptive tactics to amplify Moscow’s propaganda

  • @djsoren19
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    624 days ago

    This seems kinda unprecedented, no? I typically criticize Meta for sitting on their ass regarding the misinformation that’s rife on their platform, but this seems like an actual step forward to reducing that.

    • @[email protected]
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      324 days ago

      It seems that they pretend to care on a cycle of 4 ish years. After the election, they’re going to push the envelope for 3.5 years again. Credit is earned through sustained action. Virtually everything I’ve seen about Facebook’s policy enforcement makes it clear to me that the misleading content that makes it to the top on there is a cultivated and desired consequence of the moderation team from the top down.

    • andrew_bidlaw
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      324 days ago

      Didn’t DOJ just recently insisted that RT is controlled by russian gvnmt? That was probably a big red stop sign for Meta to avoid real problems by ditching it.