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Users shocked to find Instagram limits political content by default
(arstechnica.com)
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this post was submitted on 23 Mar 2024
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In the US at least, voter suppression like you are suggesting is a big part of why Trump got elected in the first place and why Republicans keep getting elected. Republicans especially try to keep working class minority communities from voting because they (the minority communities) statically prefer Democrats.
What? I'm not suggesting voters suppression. It's about Instagram, what has this to do with voters suppression? Don't you get informed about incoming vote by a letter? I even quoted the part of the news article, did you read it?
No, we don't get letters in the mail about elections. The options are news, radio, or look it up yourself outside of social media. With streaming so popular, people don't see near as many ads as they used to on their TV. That leaves social media as the biggest informer of upcoming elections and to hear about issues.
Omg. That's horrible, but now I understand the downvotes. I envy you not. I just read Tagesschau maybe once a week (not my only news source but still) and get a letter here when there's a vote.
You guys are really depending of Instagram and tiktok. Well I guess I live in a different world, as another user said.