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That's about right. Instagram is the worst.

"We won't remove this because it doesn't violate our content policy - just block the user if you don't like it".

Yeah just seen someone's head cut off with a machete. Not even joking. That'll stay with me forever.

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There's more and worse. A friend has been making a point of sending me Instagram Reels of OnlyFans performers showing their genitals briefly without getting banned or without the reels being removed. Some of those stay up for months.

Don't judge, the friend is interested in the way they find interesting solutions to bypass censorship, more than the content. Or so he says. And LOL, no, I'm not "the friend".

This to say, that they are absolutely not in control of their platforms, except for heavily political content, and speech-related content. Flash a vulva quickly enough by using smart lighting, and they won't catch it. I guess we'll still have that in our dystopian future.

Zuckerberg social medias are but a cancer to society. That has become fundamentally clear. They need to be so heavily regulated that they become unrecognizable, or they should be destroyed with all means possible (legally, of course).

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This is actually true? Facebook bans users who talk about contraception and HIV?

I don't use Facebook so no idea if this is true or not personally, but ChatGPT seems to think this isn't true and that if it does happen it's probably a mistake?

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> ChatGPT seems to think this isn't true

Please don't do this.

Quote an authoritative source, not some AI bot known for ~hallucinating~ bullshitting.

This goes double when dealing with such an emotive subject.

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gpt 5.5 thinking is more reliable than the median internet commenter
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Then quote the source gpt 5.5 gives you
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Yes, but one wouldn't quote these as if they were trusted sources either.
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>Quote an authoritative source

What authoritative source did the parent post for their assertion?

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'Whataboutism' isn't a valid criticism of my post.
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It's not 'whataboutism' when you're impugning their authority while seemingly have none of your own... or, in the alternative, even if it is, it's quite valid in this instance.
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Respectfully, do a Google search and not a ChatGPT one. Facebook's recent nonsense is fairly well documented. (They have also gone back and forth on this a few times)

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/dec/11/m...

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I assume they're talking about https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/dec/11/m...

Meta is a garbage company. An absolutely fetid cancer on humanity that offers zero good and all bad.

Most companies have good and bad. Apple, Google, Microsoft, Valve, and so on. They have the things that should be criticized, but have some good they bring to the world. Meta -- just a malignant, cancerous venue for stupidity. An organization that exists on the backs of scammers, cons, hate, disinformation, and so on. Like use Instagram for a day and it's just amazing that this hive of villainy and scum hasn't been banned every country worldwide but the one where the plutocrats run the country.

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Well they did release torch…
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I'll add that Meta doesn't actually physically work on top of that

What do we want from companies? Companies tied to a real identity, social networking. You want a way for people to message you -

...oops https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4151433

...oops https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6090712

...oops https://www.reddit.com/r/facebook/comments/1c0xfdz/messenger...

...and a way to see people's status updates.

...oops https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14147719

Seriously has any CEO of a tech company been caught doing what MZ has done? Oops. (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16770818, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1692122)

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The URL of the source for the last link is not working, this is the updated version: https://boingboing.net/2010/09/14/damning-zuckerberg-i.html
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