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The biggest question the news media blackout in Facebook that I can see is ...
How did we arrive at a point where we rely on one billion dollar corporately controlled foreign company that does not benefit us have a near monopoly on how we share, intake, gather and read news media?
The problem is not Facebook
The problem is in how we use the internet and social media systems
The technology should be serving us
We shouldn't be giving so much power to corporate entities to spoon feed us the technology and control the information that makes our democracy possible.
The problem is people are lazy and uneducated about virtually all technology. If you are lucky you get taught how to us MS office in high school but that's it.
The entirety of human knowledge is out there and anyone can just look up anything they want but that is an active process, Facebook/X/Instagram/Tiktok lets them passively consume an infinite stream of entertainment. So why would 30M user with little to no understanding of digital privacy, digital security, copyright, or even how a browser and webpage works, ever choose not to use the endless stream? As far as they know there is no alternative because they were never taught otherwise.
Teach your kids, teach your family, teach your friends. Be the annoying pedantic prick who points out that FireFox is the better browser an that 'smart' devices are actively spying on everything you do. No one will like it but MAYBE they will think about it.
How did we arrive at a point where we think a single company has a near monopoly on how we share, intake, gather, and read news?
Has anyone actually noticed any change with the blackout in effect? I suspect not.