Most Americans say social media companies have too much power, influence in politics

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People are never as stupid as we think they are. I'm glad the American public is picking up on this, it is critical.

Just want to point out one more thing... Israel has a data gathering unit in their intelligence apparatus called Unit 8200 which is allowed unrestricted access to digital data flowing through Israel according to Israeli law. All the major computer and software companies have outlets in Israel. Intel notoriously considers Israel its headquarters and one of the Google offices in Israel is literally next door to Netanyahu's office. There is evidence to suggest foreign interference in American elections through social media but let me give you a hint: it isn't the Russians, thats just a silly conspiracy theory

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You better sleep with 1 eye open... because i'm jewish and i'm coming to get you.

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    [–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

    I'm bad at coming up with illustrious ways that i'm going to hurt you. Thankfully you're pretty amazing at it so i guess you can do that part for me.

    [–]AntiLowEffortHuman 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

    That means if my tor exit node is in Israel I better get a new circuit?

    [–][deleted] 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

    Tor traffic is not as safe as you think in the presence of a malicious node. The false illusion of privacy is almost more dangerous. If someone wants to get you, they can get you even if you're using Tor.

    [–]Soloninja 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

    People just need to think for themselves

    [–]bagano1 9 insightful - 1 fun9 insightful - 0 fun10 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

    OH YES.

    Facebook is basically unusable. So is Twitter. They find any reason to block you if you're centrist or conservative. It's just ridiculous. Reddit is the same way. I tended to notice the bans would come after you destroyed one of their liberal buddies and the mods/admins would come in to help them out. Happens on many boards.

    [–]zyxzevn 9 insightful - 1 fun9 insightful - 0 fun10 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

    These companies are doing stuff like this:
    Twitter Locks Trump Jr Account For Posting Press Conference By Pro-Hydroxychloroquine Doctors

    They are not only interfering in elections, they are also interfering in health and science.

    This is a crime, and if we didn't have herd immunity already, this bias censorship could have potentially killed many people.

    If they think that a certain treatment is bad or has health consequences, they can just add it as a link. But there is no valid scientific report that says that HCQ is dangerous. There is not even a valid scientific report that shows that it does not work. Instead we see scientific reports that shows that it does work... extremely well. With a 10 times reduction in deaths. (Based on mainstream data).

    I think there is a valid reason for people to go to jail for this.

    [–]magnora7[S] 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

    I saw that! That is insane. It's estimated the US media coverup of hydroxycholorquine has caused 60,000 excess unnecessary deaths. All in the name of petty politics. Inexcusable.

    Once a forum website reaches the top 100 websites in the world, it should legally become a public service, just like telephone wires or sewer pipes. If everyone is using it, it needs to work for almost everyone. Not just one political group. Especially when people's lives are at stake!

    [–]bagano1 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

    Removing comments, along with the half-measures some sites are using like removing upvotes and downvotes is just dirty stuff. If you are so confident of winning, why do stuff like that?

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    Well that's a frightening consensus. Wow. I don't think Americans have ever agreed that strongly on anything.

    [–]magnora7[S] 6 insightful - 4 fun6 insightful - 3 fun7 insightful - 4 fun -  (0 children)

    Americans agree on a few things:

    1. We hate congress

    2. We hate the media and don't trust it, yet watch it constantly

    3. We love to eat sugar and put it in everything

    [–]whereswhat 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

    Thank you so much for posting a reliable source. Was getting tired of fucking zerohedge bullshit today.