Jef VerbeeckOct 18

Today on Mastodon: lots of images and movies from #nokings protests all over the globe.

Out of curiosity I log in my (dormant) Facebook and Insta accounts to check out the buzz… Crickets. Nothing!
So I do a search… Less then I see on my feed here.

One would think the #Meta #algorithm was censoring it?

Show threadChristiaan JacobsOct 18
@Jefverbeeck some pearls can be found. In my sons racing centered timeline, normally a bulwark of conservatives…
Show threadJef VerbeeckOct 18
@cejjacobs I also see plenty of stuff critical to Trump. But the absolute lack of #NoKings coverage was baffling. To be fair: the same search half an hour later gave a far more results… But still, the contrast is incredible.
Show threadChristiaan Jacobs

@Jefverbeeck and not only the Meta/X. I searched Dutch news sites around 2130CET. Crickets, as you said. Whereas the Norwegian (VG) already had plenty of photos. Half an hour later there was more on the NOS (national news broadcast), but with an ominous “but the day is still young” as a remark on the peaceful nature of the demos… https://nos.nl/l/2586940

#nokings #weeseerlijk #antifascisme

'No Kings'-protesten tegen president Trump op 2600 plekken in VS

De demonstranten vinden dat Trump zich meer gedraagt als een autoritaire koning dan als gekozen president en willen opkomen voor de Amerikaanse democratie.

Oct 18 at 9:40pmMastodon for iOS