Techrights
[Meme] Announcing "Results" Before Everyone Even "Played"
Posted by Roy Schestowitz on Nov 06, 2024
HTTPS image: I went to the poll, 'x' said Trump 'won'; People said don't bother voting, go back home
There is a "tech" angle to otherwise political news. Social control media is gaming this election cycle a lot more than ever before. Aside from the disinformation (dissemination of deliberate falsehoods) there is an effort to preemptively announce winners, based on desires rather than facts.
It was always possible to do this, but social control media amplifies this effect and it is a form of voter suppression.
Add this to the already-long list of harms caused by social control media.
As long as enough people use social control media (to read and/or write), we will remain collectively susceptible. █