AfricanGrey

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[–] AfricanGrey@lemmy.zip 4 points 58 minutes ago (3 children)

Can someone fucking kill these idiots already? This is insane.

[–] AfricanGrey@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 hour ago

Single issue voters are the reason the USA is now a dictatorship building concentration camps. That's not an opinion.

[–] AfricanGrey@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 hour ago

Nah, they don't differ. The caring about anything with the economy was all a feint. They just want to hurt brown and trans people as much as possible up to and including genocide.

[–] AfricanGrey@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 hour ago

In before lemmy.world bootlickers delete these comments for "inciting violance."

[–] AfricanGrey@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 hour ago

Knock knock open up the door it's real!

[–] AfricanGrey@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago) (1 children)

"No it's not. Look at this thing going viral on social media! Woah it's VIRAL!! Insane!!!! Sure we might lack a spine despite picking on the French since WWII, but Americans are going to town on a viral social media post!"

FUCKING DO SOMETHING

[–] AfricanGrey@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

That would require them to vote at all and Facebooks ain't gonna scroll on the couch itself!

 
[–] AfricanGrey@lemmy.zip 5 points 5 hours ago

I mean, sure yeah. Also, though, most Americans are just dumb.

[–] AfricanGrey@lemmy.zip 6 points 5 hours ago

Cue people spouting: "But muh marketplace!" "But muh friend from highschool I haven't spoken to in a decade!" "But muh extended family I barely even know exist!"

Any excuse to keep hitting that crack pipe.

[–] AfricanGrey@lemmy.zip 1 points 5 hours ago

Yeah it's mostly YouTube for me these days. The rest of it I get with Kodi or Stremio.

[–] AfricanGrey@lemmy.zip 39 points 6 hours ago (3 children)

Americans also have the memory of a goldfish, tbf. Look at who they elected president because they forgot how bad things were just 4 years prior.

Not a bright lot there in the states.

 

Meta agreed to a $25 million settlement over a 2021 lawsuit President Donald Trump brought against Meta for suspending his accounts after the January 6th insurrection at the US Capitol. The Wall Street Journal was the first to report the news, and Meta spokesperson Andy Stone confirmed the settlement to The Verge.

It’s a step that Trump discussed with Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg during his recent visit to Mar-a-Lago, The Verge has independently confirmed. One unnamed source told The Journal that Trump indicated the lawsuit would need to be resolved before Zuckerberg would have a chance of being “brought into the tent.”

The White House and an advisor to Trump did not immediately provide comment.

The settlement, which would contribute $22 million toward Trump’s presidential library funds as well as legal fees, is the latest signal of Trump’s powerful influence over corporate America. Trump’s odds of success in the case did not look particularly promising, given that a judge dismissed a similar suit filed against Twitter (now X) and another against Google was administratively closed. The docket has been stagnant since 2023. But now back in the White House, Zuckerberg and many of his tech and business peers have recognized the immense influence Trump could wield over their companies and have taken a much more proactive role in engaging with his administration compared to last time.

Trump filed a class action lawsuit against Meta in 2021, seeking damages for himself and other users whose accounts were allegedly “wrongly restricted or curtailed.” Facebook had announced an indefinite suspension on Trump’s accounts after his posts during the January 6th insurrection at the US Capitol that year. At the time, Zuckerberg said, “The shocking events of the last 24 hours clearly demonstrate that President Donald Trump intends to use his remaining time in office to undermine the peaceful and lawful transition of power to his elected successor, Joe Biden.” Eventually, the company dropped restrictions on his accounts.

ABC News similarly settled a defamation lawsuit Trump brought over anchor George Stephanopoulos’ mischaracterization of the charge Trump was found liable for in the case brought by writer E. Jean Carroll. And CBS owner Paramount has also discussed settling a Trump lawsuit over the news outlet’s interview with his then-opponent Kamala Harris, understanding that his administration could make it difficult to close a merger with Skydance Media, according to the Journal.

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