ICE becomes one of the most-blocked accounts on Bluesky after its verification | TechCrunch
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.......why are they on social media AT ALL? What kinds of tweets would they even send???
Seriously. What is the use case here?
Propaganda.
0 posts. My guess is to link to ice[dot]gov
Linking from one site to another (external linking) can indirectly benefit SEO by enhancing content credibility.
But I have no idea what they are thinking/expecting.
This is what their account says:
They will create an account bait until getting banned then trump will spaz out and try sue and threaten bluesky.
Good. Then everyone can realize there is only one truly ungovernable form of social media
We know that the administration is willing to monitor social media to make problems for people who oppose the government, and I've seen a LOT of people posting potentially legally actionable things specifically relating to ICE's presence on the platform. A bunch of easily identifiable people posting things that could be legally interpreted as threats to ICE makes the DOJ very happy.
Why are people in Bsky at all? That's just the next Twitter, with Nazis and propaganda, controlled by a different oligarch.
Mastodon
Exactly.
Pterodactyl!
Don't block them, aggressively mock and insult them under every post. That's literally why we don't have conservative subs on Lemmy.
blocking works better there's a reason why the white house accounts haven't posted in like two months
I really don't think whatever PR person runs that account will care that much.
It’s not for them. The mockery is for all of the audience to see. It’s propaganda too.
Probably gonna be a bot anyway.
The simple fact that it’s a verified account is enough to keep me away.
Would you prefer they only let people you agree with on the platform?
Well, maybe not quite that far but not letting Nazis hang out at the party would be a start.
Literally yes.
If you "disagree" on human rights, you don't get a platform.
Yeah. If you disagree with me on tax and healthcare policy or whatever, I'm happy to share a platform with you. If you disagree with me on the human rights that should be afforded to immigrants, racial minorities, LGBT people, etc, I hope you get banned from the entire internet.
False dichotomy
"Oh so you want to have CSAM on the platform?"
Just misrepresenting the position you're holding in the same way you are doing to others.
Paradox of tolerance
On what, exactly, do you think they disagree?
isnt ESPN running ice propaganda, by having ICE RECRUITMENT ADS on them,.
I don't know if they still are now, but they were running a LOT of them a few months ago.
it does make sense, since sports is political, and most conservative watch it, its more eyes for recruitment. theres also plenty of Poc joining ice apparently too.
Oh yeah, the demographic that would favor ICE ads the most is definitely sports viewers and military propaganda shows (NCIS and such). I'm sure those ads are all over CBS prime time as well.
Cool