Brazilian election filter in X For You timeline

flipbrad

For context: https://x.com/XBR/status/2088341967864320507?s=20

diego_moita

It is interesting that attitudes, laws and initiatives that would be called "censorship" against traditional media are more and more accepted against social media platforms, all over the world in very democratic countries. I am not against these attitudes. I just want to point to that. A possible reason is that these platforms are seen as either monopolies or American imperialism agents. In both cases these are very damming perceptions. Both Musk and Zuckerberg have been disastrous in branding their platforms.

nomilk

Seems Brazil's court (the TSE) banned platforms from recommending (via 'feeds' and similar) ~700 accounts related to its election, to avoid 'amplification' (unless the user already follows the account, in which case it's permitted). I'm not sure if this is a good or bad idea. But if I were Brazillian, I'd be immediately following all ~700 accounts (and probably unfollowing all 700 after the election). Love or hate X, it deserves a massive hat tilt for its transparency here.

cantfixstupid

Bluesky creators: How are you feeling right now

backtr4ck

Chad Brasil. Forcing Elon's hand is always nice to see.