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The MAGA Media Takover Is In Full Swing [1]
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Date: 2025-01-07
It’s a rapidly devekoping contest: Who can win the top spot in Trumps AI race.
-The Terrifing complexity of tech oligarcs' obeisance to Trump
“Trump’s sidekick Elon Musk has conned Trump into joining the AI cult, so on that issue Trump and the oligarchs see eye to eye, with the Russia’s useful idiot David Sacks appointed to push AI from within the White House.
Now consider how that mix of shared interests and powerful leverage plays out in Trump’s plan to extend fascist power.
We saw how it worked under Musk with Xitter: He bought the platform and then turned the public square into a forum that preferred not just right wing content (which was always true of social media platforms) but fascist content. All the while, Musk was conducting one of the largest ever disinformation campaigns targeting Kamala Harris on Meta. Trump has specifically threatened Google because pro-Trump content doesn’t drown out criticism, which is a danger when people increasingly get their content from YouTube rather than ABC.
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Recent Examples:
Mark Zuckerberg upped his bid this morning
Zuck: I'll see your $1m bribes to the inaugural committee and raise you "we're moving trust & safety and content moderation to Texas" and "we'll supercharge posts by Tommy Robinson." www.facebook.com/zuck/videos/… h/t Jameel Jaffer.bsky
Not a joke: Meta says it will end its fact-checking program and instead rely on Facebook and Instagram users to "correct" posts.
Mark Zuckerberg doesn't just bend the knee to Trump, he throws himself prostrate on the floor in front of the throne.
Gift link NYT:Live Updates: Meta to End Fact-Checking Program in Shift Ahead of Trump Term
Facebook will also "get rid of a bunch of restrictions on topics like immigration and gender that are just out of touch with mainstream discourse," Zuckerberg says.
According to Mark Zuckerberg, people who live in California are biased but people who live in Texas are objective.
That may help the “helpful judge placement” for lawsuits and render power to Ken Paxton.
Google could not just standby….
Thsy anounced: YouTube has also moved to limit its moderation of political speech. Ahead of the 2024 presidential election, the platform said it would no longer remove content that claimed the 2020 presidential contest and past elections were stolen — a reversal from an earlier policy.
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