Facebook Was Already Zucked

Better Offline

Cool Zone Media and iHeartPodcasts

Technology

4.6 • 688 Ratings

🗓️ 22 January 2025

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Ed Zitron walks you through how the latest "right-wing turn" for Mark Zuckerberg and Meta is really just formalizing policies on Facebook and Instagram that actively protected and elevated right-wing voices - and how we're entering a new era of rot for two of the world's largest social networks.

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0:00.0	This is an IHeart podcast.
0:02.5	Guaranteed human.
0:07.0	New Year's resolution.
0:08.8	Own how you show up online.
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0:23.8	That's go daddy.com slash new year to own how you show up online.
0:33.7	Hello and welcome to Better Offline.
0:38.0	I'm your host, Ed Zittron.
0:47.9	Better Offline.
0:50.9	It's been a shitty week for many obvious reasons,
0:54.1	and I challenge you at this time to be kind to yourself and to the people around you.
0:57.7	Be kinder.
0:58.6	Hold them closer.
0:59.6	Be more supportive.
1:00.6	Say nice to things.
1:01.9	But specifically to my trans listeners, I love you.
1:05.1	You're loved and accepted.
1:06.6	Fuck these people.
1:07.7	Fuck the executive order.
1:08.9	I'm so sorry.
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