WTF? Meta Cancels LGF
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The last thing I wanted to do today was write about Threads. I haven't been using it much, and the few times I've tried, I haven't liked it much either. For one thing, they're allowing some of the most toxic ...
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Isn’t LGF an alt-right shitter?

Not saying what Meta has done is wrong (it clearly is) but we need some important context.

Mediabiasfactcheck.com puts them into the “Left Bias”-Category

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It used to be

On November 30, 2009, Johnson blogged that he was disassociating himself with “the right,” writing: “The American right wing has gone off the rails, into the bushes, and off the cliff. I won’t be going over the cliff with them.” He has been heavily critical of conservatives and libertarians since then.

I’d say that’s about 10-15 years too late, but as a total outsider who’s not at all familiar with the situation, it looks like his realization and action on it was sincere.

Also as TA notes, LibsOfTikTok is still up and Meta gave the argument that the reason was phishing/malware without any further explanation. I.e. even if LGF was still hosting extensive right wing propaganda (which would most likely be a fine reason on the surface to block it IMO), I’d still see a decent argument for the real reason being the Kansas Reflector story and not anything propagandastic.

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I’d say that’s about 10-15 years too late, but as a total outsider who’s not at all familiar with the situation, it looks like his realization and action on it was sincere.

2009 is better than realizing it in 2016. The GOP took the Tea Party and funneled all of that hate and racism over Obama and his “tan suits” into something much worse.

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