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Antony Blinken says Israel is losing the PR war because of social media.

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[–] alquicksilver@lemmy.world 35 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Blinken blamed social media in general when asked by Romney why Israel was losing the global PR war.

Right, social media is at fault. It's definitely not the fact that Israel is commiting genocide and other war crimes.

[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 18 points 1 year ago

He's right, in a way.

If it weren't for massive social media outlets like TikTok no one would know or care about the genocide. Israel has always been this way! Israel's plan for the Palestinians has pretty much always been genocide, nothing changed on their end. The only thing that changed is the existence of platforms that aren't under the control of pro-Israel propaganda, so now people are finally seeing the truth. Times have changed.

If it weren't for the access to the truth I don't think Americans would be opposing this genocide, and that's the way the ruling class wants it.

[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 26 points 1 year ago

Republicans saying the quiet part out loud again...

But yeah, people organizing for progressive movements pisses off both parties.

And we've moved so far right, unfortunately "don't fund a genocide" is consider progressive extremism

They said the quiet part loud

[–] sub_ubi@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Tiktok should have adjusted their algorithm like other platforms.

[–] wagesj45@kbin.run 5 points 1 year ago

Nice app, you have there. Would be a shame if something were to happen to it.

[–] slumlordthanatos@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

They shouldn't have said this out loud; this just makes Tik Tok's 1st Amendment case better.