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Google searches for deleting Facebook, Instagram on the rise after Meta ends fact-checking | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)
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[–] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 16 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I've read stories that fb is basically the internet for countries in Africa. It's their version of America Online, but much worse.

[–] couch1potato@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 2 months ago (2 children)

In mexico most (if not all) cell service providers give social media for free, ie it uses no data in your phone plan.

What is social media, according to these companies? Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram. That's it. Everyone uses Facebook marketplace and WhatsApp for everything, because it's "free".

I think most people don't understand the stranglehold Meta has over a huge portion of the world's population. I'm confident this arrangement is not only going on in mexico.

[–] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That's a great strategy for creating a stranglehold on the market. I hate it.

[–] catloaf@lemm.ee 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

And that's why net neutrality is important!

[–] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 1 points 2 months ago

Hopefully NN didn't get absolutely killed this last time it was shot down.

[–] gubblebumbum@lemm.ee 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Thats what internet.org was about, fb partnered with major telecoms in many countries with no net neutrality laws to let people use fb for free and a few other websites but except for wikipedia most were pretty much useless.

[–] irreticent@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Internet.org redirects to https://about.meta.com/ just FYI.

[–] gubblebumbum@lemm.ee 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Probably because you're accessing it from a country where its not available. free.facebook.com is also another link that only works in countries their internet.org is available in.

[–] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I think that just further proves how bad it is, with both links. I wasn't aware it was so expansive.