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Meta Blocks President Lula's Facebook Page, Campaign Ads 2 Weeks from Election

471 points · 303 comments · rbanffy

ocd · 1790503961 · focus · HN ↗
He said the thing that Canada, Greenland, Cuba, and various other countries are worried about, but is either publicly ignored in the US or dismissed as "trolling" by the president.
<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/25/lula-says-trump-wants-to-colonise-and-capture-brazils-resources-by-meddling-in-election" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/25/lula-says-trum...
1. mc32 · 1790505267 · focus · HN ↗
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  1. bakugo · 1790505617 · focus · HN ↗
    You don't understand, it's different. Back then, it was the bad guys being censored, so it was a good thing. Now it's the good guys being censored, so it's a bad thing.
    When the left censors their political opponents, they're "protecting democracy". When the right does the same, they're "threatening democracy". Those are the rules.
    mc32 · 1790506368 · focus · HN ↗
    Indeed it seems that they only have problems with censorship when their team gets censored but they secretly enjoy their opposition getting censored. As it is the Lula admin mandated that X suppress the speech of about 600 opposition candidates.
    <a href="https://derechadiario.com.ar/us/argentina/x-revelo-source-code-exposed-filters-censorship-taxes-court-order-lula" rel="nofollow">https://derechadiario.com.ar/us/argentina/x-revelo-source-co...
    noelwelsh · 1790507234 · focus · HN ↗
    Pointing out an issue with one action doesn't mean approval of other actions. You don't have to invent an conspiracy.
    shevy-java · 1790508580 · focus · HN ↗
    Which conspiracy exactly?
    It is clear that we do not see all communication. Governments become increasingly deceitful and secretive - the US government is the best example, but the same applies to other governments (just look at the garbage produced by the russian government, they almost outperform the current US administration with total crap, like what Lavrov recently babbled about - what pile of nonsense). And companies - they are alo secretive. So which conspiracy exactly is meant here? It's not that I disagree with your prior statement, but I want to know which conspiracy you assume to be here to exist, or to NOT exist. Because what you wrote is very unspecific - you insinuate that there may not be a conspiracy. How do you conclude that?
    I concur with Levitz's statement too, with regards to conspiracy or "inventing" one - so, which specific conspiracy was meant?

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