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  • Everybody in tech should read Careless People, not just to learn details about Meta. I'm sure many of us (myself included) have worked at places where the technical challenge outweighs any concerns about the overall company's mission or effect on the world at large. In Facebook's case they have a lot of blood on their hands.
    by smallerfish
  • According to Google, Meta restored their account within hours after it got flagged for some content.

    This happens all the time on these social media websites. Automatic flagging of content, human reviewers restore it.

    by dmix
  • American terrorists cry wolves about election interference in their country during election period. But the real fact is they interfere in democracy and democratic process across every part of the world. This is to help bolsenaro and destroy BRICS.
    by Etiquette8790
  • I don't understand why countries don't simply block facebook, instagram, etc. There's zero upside to allowing them.
    by throwaway27448
  • A more accurate headline would be 'temporarily blocked' given the first line below the heading is 'The page is now back online' and it seems to have been brought back online the same day.
    by MrToadMan
  • I hope Lula wins and they will ban Facebook for good after the elections. This is an attack on Brazil’s sovereignty.
    by abroszka33
  • Facebook election interference has been going on for a long time in Europe. It's a two-tier system where parties outside the establishment have a far lower ban-threshold.
    by condenser
  • He said the thing that Canada, Greenland, Cuba, and various other countries are worried about, but is either publicly ignored in the US or dismissed as "trolling" by the president.

    https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/25/lula-says-trum...

    by ocd

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