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Angry about Facebook censorship? Wait until you hear about the news feed

2 pointsby kurrenabout 9 years ago

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samsonraduabout 9 years ago
After the 2014 presidential elections in Romania word on the street was that the right-wing candidate won the elections (despite being a heavy underdog, odds were like 4&#x2F;1) with the help of the social network. During the last weeks before the voting day Facebook had been heavily pushing materials on the diaspora scandal [1], causing massive protest in many cities throughout the country. Indeed my feed looked abnormally political during that time and afterwards it got back to normal.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Romanian_presidential_election,_2014#Protests" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Romanian_presidential_election...</a>