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    Meta caught influencing democratic elections. What about Belgium?


    Meta has be caught influencing the Brazil elections VRTNWS, Algeria.
    Blocking acces to certain candidates, promoting other (more pro USA) candidates, influencing search results, allowing their AI to create propaganda for one candidate but not the other etc, etc.

    I’m sure the same thing happens in other places and I wouldn’t be surprised it happens in Europe and Belgium as well to a certain extent.

    A boycot of Meta is easier said than done, European alternatives are few and very niche. What we need is stronger legislation (internationally) against criminal acts by these huge "untouchable" companies

    Meta caught influencing democratic elections. What about Belgium?
    byu/GijMutten inbelgium



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    1. Tough_Brain7982 on

      There was already a report from the EU stating there is both US and Russian influence on our politics through the extreme right… so yeah…

    2. RozaJetis on

      The second case of influencing elections, after the Cambridge Analytica case.

      Social media is not the tool we used to love anymore.

    3. partijgedragbe on

      I fear it will only increase from here. With more and more people getting their info from AI-generated content and AI-generated search results, it’s bound to happen that the few tech companies that control it will use it to influence people to further their own financial goals.

      I think what we can do is to not stop talking with people (friends, family) about politics in real life. Challenge people on their views, and be critical when forming your own.

    4. MatthewWolfbane on

      We’re all for fining these companies, but would also need a guarantee from the US that they’re not simply going to debank and sanction regulators who enforce European laws.

      The US’s outsized economic power creates an inherent imbalance.

    5. numinosaur on

      Legislation will always come after the first crimes have made casualties.

      And in this particular case, what began as a way to connect billions of people now becomes the perfect way to control them, and the levers to do so now rest in the hands of a handfull of people.

      This concentration is the problem, the Meta’s of this world will actively help those politician that are most likely to regulate them the least.