Thread

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. AnimalMuppet · 1790512425 · focus · HN ↗
  That would require that Meta is carrying water for Trump. I don't think I see that as very likely.
  1. delecti · 1790514083 · focus · HN ↗
    "Likely" or not has nothing to do with it, it's well documented. <a href="https://www.wsj.com/tech/mark-zuckerbergs-meta-donates-1-million-to-trumps-inaugural-fund-32a999c1" rel="nofollow">https://www.wsj.com/tech/mark-zuckerbergs-meta-donates-1-mil...
    parineum · 1790515606 · focus · HN ↗
    donating money to the president and their party is something nearly every national corporation does. Using their corporate power to do political favors is not. those are two very different things.
    thrance · 1790520325 · focus · HN ↗
    That's not a campaign donation, this is straight up a gift to show loyalty to the new guy, after he won the election. But that's not the only thing, for just one more example, look at Zuckerberg getting on Joe Rogan weeks after the election to praise "masculine energy", wearing a ridiculous haircut and necklace, just to pander to the Right.
    [deleted] · 1790564955 · focus · HN ↗
    [deleted]

Open on Hacker News to reply ↗

Unofficial Hacker News client; not affiliated with Y Combinator.