I mean, the Wikipedia page does say it was sold in 2018. Not sure how it was before but it’s not surprising that it enshittified by now.

Because they are the same thing

Or you’re using some kind of proxy/vpn from a server that has been identified as malicious and their subnet is banned in some list. Pretty common and more likely.

I think you mean anecdotes my friend

That’s why I’m posting this 🤷‍♂️

That’s not entirely true, France is battling with very similar issues to the US. A rising far right power, media that are using the fox news playbook, t additional media that is playing catch-up and following the Overton window set by the previous point, similar blue collar struggles, a president that is appealing to the right while claiming the center despite a majority of constituents clearly signaling left in the last elections, etc. France is not far behind unfortunately.

I’d point at his excellent interview with AOC not even a month ago: https://youtu.be/eeheoxWzf2o

Wasted time reading this thread, you write with the arrogance of the uninformed convinced it’s deep thinking.

You’re not wrong but, thankfully, studying history and teaching the impact of things doesn’t require the things to physically be in the room.

I’d like for him to point at the western hemisphere on a globe.

In mainland China it’s called Douyin, exactly the same app, same company, not the same content of course. It’s separate because Beijing wants a tighter control on social media in mainland China.