A Boring Dystopia

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Facebook astro turf shilling for the plastics and petrochemical industry nothing to see here. (lemmy.world)

submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by buzz86us to c/aboringdystopia

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The sad thing is that people have fallen for this obvious BS. The bill in question is for a reduction in packaging, and corporate responsibility for a reduction in plastic waste.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 9 months ago (1 children)

This is just an ad?

[–] buzz86us 14 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Yup, but it is convincing some people to vote against their best interests in a deceptive manner. The really dystopic part is how cheap the ad is.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 9 months ago

But this doesn't make it astroturfing or shilling, much less those things by Facebook. Deceptive sure