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

471 points · 303 comments · rbanffy

condenser · 1790500806 · focus · HN ↗
Facebook election interference has been going on for a long time in Europe. It's a two-tier system where parties outside the establishment have a far lower ban-threshold.
1. NinjaTrance · 1790505241 · focus · HN ↗
  They changed their name to "Meta" after the Cambridge Analytica scandal.
  1. callc · 1790514922 · focus · HN ↗
    If they changed their name to “Flobular” it wouldn’t change a thing.
    They’re Facebook in many people’s minds.
    “Meta” doesn’t convey the same meaning that “Facebook” does. And it’s also squatting on an important term in English. Mets is used all over the language, like metaphysical.
    No thanks, I’ll use Facebook
    kps · 1790517087 · focus · HN ↗
    > They’re Facebook in many people’s minds.
    And Meta loves it. People can ‘not use Facebook’ while living on WhatsApp and Instagram.

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