This headline was literally my first out-loud laugh of the day. I love it.
Meta has denied directly lobbying on the TikTok ban, but the company spent a record sum lobbying in 2024, including on “Homeland Security” topics. In March 2022, the Washington Post reported that Meta paid a firm called Targeted Victory to push the narrative that TikTok is dangerous to children. And Zuckerberg himself has spent the last five years painting a picture to Congress that his monopolistic company faces great competition, actually, from Chinese companies and more importantly from China itself. This story has served Meta extraordinarily well, as he has been able to distract from Meta’s myriad privacy violations and monopolistic actions by saying it would be worse if China wins. Meta is not a monopoly, he says. It is a company fighting on behalf of America against China and Chinese companies for the soul of the internet.
“Ooh, China bad, don’t pay attention to all the evil we do.” Jackass.
This is why we gotta ban TikTok!!! \s
Seriously though… Too many zucklickers on here.
That’s only fair, since Zuckerberg has a deathgrip on Trumps ass with his lips.
Why is Meta lobbying at all? Why does any private entity have the ear of presidents and congress? This is a fundamental problem with the system as a whole.
Don’t forget about Party Whips, Jerrymandering, and Campaign Contributions! There’s a whole slew of reasons why our democracies have gotten fucked up! Not a lot of answers on how to fix 'em, though
Why is Meta lobbying at all?
They want to influence public policy for their benefit.
Why does any private entity have the ear of presidents and congress?
A large part of politics is balancing the needs of different groups.
different corporations
That’s fine if all the different groups have a forum where being heard isn’t decided by the size of the donation.
Why is Meta lobbying at all?
They’re owned by a zionist who wants to whitewash an ongoing genocide.
Well, that might be the case, but I’ve only been fed tons of posts on FB that were pretty anti-Israel way too far in the other direction. That can’t be the main issue…
pretty sure it’s the other way around; big tech and their billionaires have trump like a puppet on a string.
Trump: *gives Musk favour*
Teh Zuck: Wat about me daddy UwU
“Very fine balls on both sides.”
Kinky
Can we get Stormy Daniels to video tape it for us?
Get out the macro lens
Meanwhile go watch Youtubers vacationing in China, a lot fo the narrative we’re being fed is BS.
Not all of it mind you…
