2/ >In the three years I’ve spent at Facebook, I’ve found multiple blatant attempts by foreign national governments to abuse our platform on vast scales to mislead their own citizenry,
maybe don't ask a gov to get even more power over FB then?
3/ >That power contrasted with what she said seemed to be a lack of desire from senior leadership to protect democratic processes in smaller countries
somehow i trust the governments even less with this shit. and journalists *even* less than that.
1/ the "facebook whistleblower" is an op to push for more censorship. her today's testimony is for pushing more censorship to stem - get this - the danger of "political polarization" and "stoking division". manufacturing consent much?
2/ even worse, the "harming kids" narrative is based on an online poll (!). apparently 15% teens responded FB makes their lives worse, 34% that it makes their lives *better*, and 51% didn't lean either way.
this is how a "whistleblower" made it to congressional hearing lol
3/ the unsaid part is that FB is killing the old style media, and their narrative-making capability.
the other unsaid part is journalists were told to stop being little hall monitors.
Power corrupts, and this is ultimate power, if in small doses.
2/ I love Upper Echelon Gamers' content - it's varied, intense, well researched and presented. He even earned a complimentary twitter ban to emphasize speaking truth to the power. RIP.
Saw him as "by the people, for the people" kind of journalism.
But is that the case anymore?
3/ What is a journalist to do, when given an easy, unquestionable angle?
Meta-question it. Always. Be the unpopular guy asking, "but are we seeing all that there is to it?" when people make teary eyes and the state sends legal cavalry for the - predictably always same - victims.
In a classic lefty inversion, Seth proposes using and brandishing force to enact political change through scaring the civilians.
Pretty sure that's *quite* close to normal understanding of terrorism - of which Seth accuses his target.
Note that Seth riles against Trump's petition of redress of grievances to courts and to legislatives. Note that Seth proposes government use force to prevent Trump from petitioning, and from speaking to his supporters. That doesn't square well with the Constitution.
2/ Trump won by arbitraging the landed gentry of US.
a wind of his kind is not merely one-time; he showed a path that people are willing to follow. also sowed a lot of messages that simply did not exist in popular consciousness on the neutral/not-far-left side.
need a repeat.
3/ "the landed gentry?"
historically in UK they were known as "lord of this, lord of that".
currently in US they are known as "editor of this, editor of that". (there is some more but that's besides the point rn).