Everything is Political

And if you don't see it, it's because you choose not to.

On Friday, Meta announced that it will not be recommending anything it determines to be “political content” on its platforms, Instagram and Threads (and this will later kick in for Facebook as well).

“Political content” includes laws, elections, or social topics. Posts and accounts related to such topics will not be shown on the Explore page or as Suggested posts/accounts — which is where you might find new accounts to engage with or follow.

It’s already kicked in - a friend of mine had her post “flagged” while trying to share something about the ongoing genocide in Gaza.

Let’s unpack this.

Firstly, what the actual fuck.

This makes me SO mad.

How dare they try to shut us down like this? Who do they think they are to limit our opinions on our own profiles? What makes them think they can decide for us what kind of content we …