i think the executive orders directing agencies to end energy efficiency regulations and open up more land to drilling and mining is so indicative of the character of the american right — in its view everything, whether people or our larger environment, is something to be exploited and dominated
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What’s the difference between a gov controlling an algorithm, silently eliminating reach for things it doesn’t like, vs the same gov using its power, to demand that the platform remove the things it doesn’t like.?
In China they are overt. With TikTok in the US, they control silently
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Photo of a small crab from NOAA’s social media. It’s covered in spikes
Just making sure that everyone is aware of this crab that NOAA scientists found
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Meta Heads To Trial Over Instagram, WhatsApp Acquisitions - Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META)
Meta Platforms Inc. faces FTC allegations of suppressing competition through acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp, as trial looms for April 14.
The other very likely cause of Zuck’s sudden midlife crisis and knob-slobbing of Trump: Meta is due in court for an antitrust lawsuit in April and he’s really hoping a Trump-led FTC will both a.) drop it, and b.) allow Meta to acquire TikTok
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