Apparently they’re also pretty good at shooting people in other countries too.
What about this comment is relevant to privacy?
If activists and their supporters have privacy they cannot be targeted as easily.
Nearly everyone I know from India uses WhatsApp so this statement checks out. I wish my own friends and family would stop using iMessage/SMS and use something like Signal. The only other app they use is Snapchat and I kinda hate that one.
Snapchat is easily my least fav messaging app but yea, crazy popular where I am
People even use it as their main camera lol
I uninstalled WhatsApp recently, but then, I was forced to use it again because I needed parts for my dying, old laptop, and the local spare parts vendors from India don’t use email or call via phone, which is infuriating.
Sounds like the vendor shouldn’t exist then. Find a new one.
Unfortunately, I don’t have a lot of choice here, because the laptop is pretty old, and the spares aren’t that common. The only other option would be to import from China, but that would burn a hole in my pocket.
I take longer to answer stuff on WhatsApp
I thought Telegram is quite big there?
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Worth reading about for how Facebook locked in markets in developing countries
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet.org
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebook_Zero
In particular, see the bits on ‘Net neutrality criticism’ and ‘Impact’
TLDR: Accessing Facebook is easier or even free, accessing the rest of the internet costs money. Thus making it so poorer communities only use Facebook, and say that “Facebook is the Internet”
Few quotes:
In 2015, researchers evaluating how Facebook Zero shapes information and communication technology use in the developing world found that 11% of Indonesians who said they used Facebook also said they did not use the Internet. 65% of Nigerians, 61% of Indonesians, and 58% of Indians agree with the statement that “Facebook is the Internet”
[Internet.org] has been criticized for violating net neutrality, and by handpicking internet services that are included, for discriminating against companies not in the list, including competitors of Meta Platforms’ subsidiary Facebook.[5][6] In February 2016, regulators banned the Free Basics service in India based on “Prohibition of Discriminatory Tariffs for Data Services Regulations”.[7] The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) accused Facebook of failing to pass on the four questions in the regulator’s consultation paper and also blocking access to TRAI’s designated email for feedback on Free Basics.[8][9] On February 11, 2016, Facebook withdrew the Free Basics platform from India.[10] In July 2017, Global Voices published the widespread[11][12] report[13][14] “Free Basics in Real Life” analyzing its practices in Africa, Asia and Latin America, and concluding it violates net neutrality, focuses on “Western corporate content”,[11] and overall “it’s not even very helpful”.[12]
Here is a list of the countries, at least for Facebook Zero:
List of countries
Jordan: Zain Jordan Albania: Telekom Albania; Vodafone Albania Algeria: Djezzy;[14] Mobilis Angola: Unitel S.A. Bosnia and Herzegovina: ERONET Bangladesh: Grameenphone Benin: MTN Group Cameroon: MTN Group Canada: Freedom Mobile Croatia: Bonbon;[15] Hrvatski Telekom;[16] MultiPlus Mobile;[17] Simpa;[18] Tomato;[19] Vipnet El Salvador: Movistar Fiji: Digicel France: SFR Germany: E-Plus[20] Ortel Greece: WIND Hellas[21] Georgia: MagtiCom Guinea: MTN Group Indonesia: XL Axiata Kenya: Airtel Kenya Kosovo: iPKO Malaysia: DiGi Morocco: Maroc Telecom Nepal: Ncell[22] Pakistan: Telenor Pakistan; Jazz Pakistan, Zong Pakistan[23][24][25][26] Palestine: Jawwal[27] Panama: Cable & Wireless Communications Philippines: Globe Telecom, Smart,[28] Poland: Play[29] Qatar: Vodafone Qatar Saudi Arabia: Saudi Telecom Company[30] South Africa: CellC (Discontinued the service), Vodacom, MTN Group Suriname: Digicel Trinidad and Tobago: Digicel United Arab Emirates: Du[31] United Kingdom: Three Zimbabwe: Telecel Zimbabwe Zambia: Airtel ZambiaJust another casual reminder of who actually pulls the strings of global politics…
“Get things done” is incredibly baby-brained liberal idealism. Worse, it’s awfully close to an Umberto Eco warning signal about “action for action’s sake” which coincides with liberal idealism. That’s why so much western entertainment is loaded with “the Adults In The Room” who “Get Shit Done” and that shit getting done is usually atrocities justified by the plot.
None of these words are in the Bible of business and personal productivity.
I work with a group based in India. They have a completely different culture around messaging. Things I would consider worthy of an email comes as a message from them (i.e. doesn’t need immediate attention/ escalation).
They are also very formal when initiating new messages, almost like they’re following the same social standards as if they met you in the hallway (e g. Hi, how are you? Btw, I have this thing I need to talk to you about.). Mind you, this is all the time after exchanging dozens of messages a day.
I’m not saying there’s anything wrong with it, just lends some credence to what Musk said.
Slap this fucker in irons. We don’t need billionaire global politics - the game.
And while you’re at it get musk too - for interfering in the attack of our ally on an enemy regime.
Who would’ve thought
