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Was social media a mistake? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago by A404@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I used to think social media was good because thanks to them, governments couldn't fabricate false narratives. But it turns out that they are still doing it.

https://www.justice.gov/opa/media/1366261/dl

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[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

your system is blocking a public university's website and describing it as malicious -- you have more immediate problems to fix.

[–] A404@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

thats... not how websites work

[–] A_be_seedy@beehaw.org 1 points 2 weeks ago

Dude uses AI, of course theyre an idiot

[–] cypherpunks@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

your system is blocking a public university’s website and describing it as malicious – you have more immediate problems to fix.

you have it backwards - that is the website blocking anonymous proxies (such as tor, which they said they're using) from accessing the site.

[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 week ago

oic, i missed the part about tor.