• velma@sh.itjust.works
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    12 hours ago

    The production in question is an adaptation of “A Room of One’s Own,” a book by the legendary English author and feminist Virginia Woolf. According to the Teatre Raval, planned promotional posts about the show were blocked on both Instagram and Facebook, likely by an automated content moderation system.

    After reaching out to Meta about why the promo campaign had been stomped out, the company replied that “any mention of civil rights, feminism or social reform are usually classified as ‘social topics’ by our automatic system,” and therefore rejected.

    According to the Guardian, the company then cryptically recommended the Raval remove “key words” related to social activism, so the promo campaign can pass the automated censor — though the company failed to explain what, exactly, its content system objected to.

    ”We don’t know if the publicity has been rejected because of the name of Virginia Woolf or because of the word feminism, or both,” Clara Sanchis, who stars in the one-woman show told the Spanish newspaper La Vanguardia, per the Guardian, which translated the comments.

    “In any case, it’s a way of erasing from the map advances that have taken centuries to achieve,” Sanchis continued. “We have given social media unlimited power and every day we can see how dangerous this is. It’s bias and manipulation.”

    It’s not going to stop at Meta just like it did not stop at Roe v Wade being overturned.

    I’m sick of men telling me that I’m overreacting about these issues.

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        11 hours ago

        Absolutely. It’s not just the censorship though - it’s the attack on women’s rights that I’m referencing.

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      9 hours ago

      I’m sick of men telling me that I’m overreacting about these issues.

      The ones telling you that you’re over reacting are the ones who have a vested interest in your downfall

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      10 hours ago

      The United States and its most powerful corporations now fully and openly embrace fascism. Revolution is our only hope now, there is no one coming to save us but ourselves. Join your local socialist group and start training now. Don’t wait for the mass arrests to begin.