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Re:Your account is permanently suspended by ipqk on Thursday October 20, 2022 @09:12AM (#33274174)
I remember when Arab Spring was happening and thinking how amazing social media was going to be.
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Re:Your account is permanently suspended by marcosdumay on Thursday October 20, 2022 @10:26AM (#33275160)
And then Facebook started taking money from governments, and the messages organizing grassroots movements became extremely short lived and started to lose reach.
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Re:Your account is permanently suspended by rchaud on Thursday October 20, 2022 @10:59AM (#33275764)
I certainly remember waves of American newscasters declaring Twitter as a force for democracy when regimes were falling in Egypt, Algeria and Tunisia. America again leading the way in global freedom, etc.

They weren't as enthusiastic on January 6th, 2021. That was Twitter-led too.

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Re:Your account is permanently suspended by DonHopkins on Thursday October 20, 2022 @11:18AM (#33276050)
Twitler-led.
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