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[–] [email protected] 19 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Note that "Reclaim The Net" is very shady and unlikely to be a legitimate civil rights organisation.

Firstly, they display bias; they only ever say positive things about Donald Trump, Mike Pence, and Ron DeSantis, and spin most things in whatever way helps the far-right in the US. They are silent on any Internet related civil rights issues that reflect poorly on the US far-right, or reflect well on central or left parties. Contrast this to more authentic organisations, which criticise things from all over the political spectrum.

Secondly, they prioritise collecting your personally identifiable information over advocating for civil liberties. Some of their articles are behind a registration wall where you have to give at least an email address to see the content.

Thirdly, however, they don't tell you who they are, and go to lengths to hide it. Whois privacy, author names are likely pseudonyms, only contact is an email, no information about governance structures. There are legitimate reasons to be pseudonymous, although given how keen they are to collect data on visitors, it is a bit hypocritical!

I believe there is a network of single-interest sites the far-right use as hooks to try to gather people with a range of different reasons for being dissatisfied, where the next step is to try to radicalise them and line them up behind Trump.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

they only ever say positive things about Donald Trump

Sooo... it's just another right-wing astroturfing project.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Who decides what is, or receives the label of, misinformation?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

The problem is that nobody does it right now so everyone just decides whatever they don't like is misinformation.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 11 months ago

Reddit, facebook, google, etc.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Just FYI: Media Bias Fact/Check reports Reclaim The Net as having a right-wing bias and mixed factual credibility.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (4 children)

They tried to set up a Ministry of Truth last year, and they’ll never give up.

The disinformation czar, all the way up her own ass: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNcEVYq2qUg

[–] moonwalker 3 points 11 months ago

I still can't believe that happened. Mind boggling.

[–] Zahille7 3 points 11 months ago

I'm confused. Why did she record herself singing that song? She was the head of that board? What the fuckis happening?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Here is an alternative Piped link(s):

https://www.piped.video/watch?v=lNcEVYq2qUg

Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] -4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Which is some bullshit, because Russiagate was long-ago debunked, as well as the actual efficacy of Cambridge Analytica (it largely wasn’t). But thanks to Rachel Maddow’s daily conspiracy theorizing over the span of years, most liberals still believe that foreign State propaganda is going to Manchurian Candidate the populace and steal their democracy. Which makes them rather accepting of the idea that the government should decide what is mis/dis/malinformation. In other words they’ve been primed to accept censorship.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

The Mueller report did find plenty of evidence of Russian interference, just not enough to charge Trump. It was a damn site better than the British report on the matter, though, which basically just said "we didn't find anything because we didn't look".

Cambridge Analytica absolutely had a role to play as well. The company was disbanded to try and prevent any fallback, however the same players are acting under different brands. Targeted Facebook ads have proven too effective, you can tell whatever lies you want if you select the right audience, then there will be no one to challenge them - particularly if you do it just before the election.

Based on your vernacular, it sounds like you're a hexbear user washed up on our shores and circumventing the defederation, shilling for Russia.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Jeff Gerth at Columbia Journalism Review on Russiagate: Editor's Note | Part one | Part two | Part three | Part four

IT Pro: Cambridge Analytica models were exaggerated and ineffective, [UK Information Commissioner’s Office] claims

Based on your vernacular, it sounds like you’re a hexbear user washed up on our shores and circumventing the defederation, shilling for Russia.

We’re orphans living in a Siberian labor camp, forced to post Putler talking points 14 hours a day for our gruel.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

We’re orphans living in a Siberian labor camp, forced to post Putler talking points 14 hours a day for our gruel.

More likely you're a 14 yo edgelord.

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

Man do you ever suck at this: I’m an elder gen-x senior software developer at a Fortune 100 tech company.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

I stand by my original statement. It is much more likely you're a 14 yo edgelord wannabe shill than a slave shill.

Age and career position is not a measure of maturity, nor is working for a Fortune 100 company a measure of your value.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago

washed up on our shores

lemm.ee user, you seem confused about who has washed up on whose shores. If you understood this instance better, you would see that, unlike most instances, this isn't a haven for liberal hegemony.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago

Here is an alternative Piped link(s):

Ooo, maybe we should have AI start cultivating information and choosing what to and to not show people!

Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.

I'm open-source; check me out at GitHub.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 11 months ago

Michael Bennett (D)

Shut the hell up Mikey