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Why the video of Charlie Kirk being shot was kept on social media platforms (news.northeastern.edu)
submitted 8 hours ago by Pro@programming.dev to c/technology@lemmy.world
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cross-posted from: https://programming.dev/post/37283069

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[–] DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 40 points 6 hours ago (3 children)

I hate when they delete stuff, like... do you want conspiracy theories to spread? Because that's how conspiracy theories spread.

[–] zrst@lemmy.cif.su 35 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

It's all about controlling how people see the world.

If we're only exposed to "disney, safe for china" media, then that's all people will think the world consists of.

They (people richer than us) don't want us seeing the reality of guns, only their carefully curated fantasies.

[–] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

Yeah this is widely applied. From ag-gag laws that hide the brutality of animal torture/murder to the killing of journalists in palestine. ETC.

People in the imperial core are constantly shielded from the reality of their "culture".

[–] Glitchvid@lemmy.world 19 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

I agree with this viscerally.

A lot of people are expressing sympathy for the people in the Kirk crowd, but honestly I think it might be a good thing for them — to see first hand what Kirk and the Republican rhetoric is actually advocating for. Maybe it'll snap them out of the fantasies they have of culling "undesirables".

[–] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 12 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

If they are mentally capable of making the connection between the things he advocated for, and those things happening directly to him.

[–] frunch@lemmy.world 2 points 17 minutes ago

My guess: they'll use this as their latest example of the "violent left" without evidence, as is tradition

[–] cupcakezealot@piefed.blahaj.zone 5 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

the problem is that due to the algorithmic nature of social media it ends up getting pushed to people who don't want to see it.