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

471 points · 303 comments · rbanffy

throwaway27448 · 1790505215 · focus · HN ↗
I don't understand why countries don't simply block facebook, instagram, etc. There's zero upside to allowing them.
1. literalAardvark · 1790505726 · focus · HN ↗
  I'm just as confused as you are.
  The economic value seems literally negative and the influence on the discourse massive and much too unpredictable.
  The recent Romanian election where a focused botnet created a pro russian candidate from thin air 2 weeks before the election _and got him elected president_ should really be proof enough that the state of things is unnatural.
  1. raddan · 1790510745 · focus · HN ↗
    I hadn’t heard of this, so here’s more context [1] for the curious.
    [1] <a href="https://www.bbc.com/articles/cqx41x3gn5zo" rel="nofollow">https://www.bbc.com/articles/cqx41x3gn5zo

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