Agreed, but its doubly problematic that the social media tsar is a fascist
Comment on Elon Musk’s misinformation machine made the horrors of Southport, a small town in the UK, much worse
kbal@fedia.io 1 month ago
The problem isn’t merely that Elon Musk is manifestly unsuited to the job of unelected social media tsar. The problem is that no one should have that job.
apotheotic@beehaw.org 1 month ago
jarfil@beehaw.org 1 month ago
The problem is that elected officials are using the unelected tsar’s social media to share official announcements and engage in public debate.
kbal@fedia.io 1 month ago
Elected officials, journalists, activists, it's gradually becoming clear that everyone who uses centralised social media is part of the problem. Promoting the fediverse ought to be a national security goal.
Grimpen@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
I’d have to agree. An official Mastodon instance for announcements, and then just echo posts wherever desired.
Could go further, have public libraries get funding to run public instances or similar, but I think you are already seeing non-profits and maybe some co-ops formed to run Fediverse instances, so the need is less.