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Democracy is a form of government in which the people have the authority to deliberate and decide legislation ("direct democracy"), or to choose governing officials to do so ("representative democracy"). Who is considered part of "the people" and how authority is shared among or delegated by the people has changed over time and at different rates in different countries. Features of democracy often include freedom of assembly, association, property rights, freedom of religion and speech, citizenship, consent of the governed, voting rights, freedom from unwarranted governmental deprivation of the right to life and liberty, and minority rights. (from Wikipedia)

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Is it just me or have Youtube ads and recommendations gotten significantly more right wing since the ellection? (lemmy.starlightkel.xyz)

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Did a whole bunch of right wing money flood into Youtube trying to influence culture? Or am I jumping at shadows?

Suddenly my Youtube ads are all "Real men protect women and wear this tactical hoodie!" and Youtube thinks I want to watch Matt Walsh's transphobic documentary. Emotionally, it feels like they're throwing salt in my wounds while I'm just trying to watch my astrophysics Youtubers and escape.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (1 children)

If you think the ads are bad, just wait until you read the comments under videos... even the most benign of topics has some chucklefuck bringing politics into it. Advertisers know where their target audience spends time, unfortunately.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 19 hours ago

Comments have been bad for a while. I've left three Facebook groups since the election because of hard right unrelated posts and comments. I'm pretty sure it's due to bots but interesting technical groups became cesspools in less than 24 hours. It reminded me of the end of Usenet.