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Extremist Militias Are Coordinating in More Than 100 Facebook Groups (www.wired.com)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/worldnews@lemmygrad.ml
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Heads up everyone. Delete your accounts as soon as possible. Zuck has been fallen.

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[–] 18 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Zuck has been a fascist for a long time, he profits from it. This is only really news to anyone who hasn't been on Facebook since 2020 or so. I left FB when it became obvious that it was going to become a fascist hell hole covered in ads with no real interactions with actual humans anymore.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Genuine question: does it invent fascists ("no real interactions") or amplify fascists?

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  • [–] 10 points 2 years ago

    A bit of both. Fascist rhetoric boosts engagement, which causes the algorithm to push that harder, which exposes the next group to a view just outside of their own Overton Window, and the discourse ratchets further towards fascism. At least, that was what I experienced on the platform, but I haven't used it actively since 2020 so I could be out of date now.

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