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The common assumption about Facebook censorship of certain views like criticizing the child abuse that 'Amazing Desmond's parents perpetrate is that it is just regular US corporate censorship of views their masters disagree with.
Recently I listened to an interview with journalist Yasha Levine that prompted me to think about this in another direction. He matter- of- factly mentioned the fact that Facebook is free (or heavily discounted) to use- something that is generally funded by Facebook themselves- in many developing countries which still have some degree of moral sense (relatively speaking, by comparison to America or Sweden). This has been common in the Philipinnes and India for example.
These people are in a position where they can use their phones to call, or text... or receive a heavily curated pro-tranny pro-pedophile prolefeed from Facebook.
This made me think. Generally when we talk about the links between Facebook and the 'American' spy agencies, it's about the possibilities of using Facebook for mass surveillance. What if another substantial motivation behind the funding was the potential to use Facebook for curated propaganda purposes to destroy the morality of target countries, in a similar fashion to Radio Free Asia or Voice of America? Would be interested to see any research people have done on this angle.
Recently I listened to an interview with journalist Yasha Levine that prompted me to think about this in another direction. He matter- of- factly mentioned the fact that Facebook is free (or heavily discounted) to use- something that is generally funded by Facebook themselves- in many developing countries which still have some degree of moral sense (relatively speaking, by comparison to America or Sweden). This has been common in the Philipinnes and India for example.
These people are in a position where they can use their phones to call, or text... or receive a heavily curated pro-tranny pro-pedophile prolefeed from Facebook.
This made me think. Generally when we talk about the links between Facebook and the 'American' spy agencies, it's about the possibilities of using Facebook for mass surveillance. What if another substantial motivation behind the funding was the potential to use Facebook for curated propaganda purposes to destroy the morality of target countries, in a similar fashion to Radio Free Asia or Voice of America? Would be interested to see any research people have done on this angle.
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