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Meta Now Banning Ads That Promote Feminism: "We have given social media unlimited power and every day we can see how dangerous this is." (futurism.com)
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[–] undrwater@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

How does WhatsApp work without Internet?

[–] impairedimperator@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Some places you get internet, but you're limited to 3-4 "basic" sites unless you pay for it. Facebook/Whatsapp is often one of those basic sites. Or was.

[–] undrwater@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

So there's Wi-Fi or cellular network, but just filtered?

[–] impairedimperator@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 day ago

Essentially, yeah. I only experienced it once a while back while travelling in eastern Europe. There was free filtered wifi everywhere. Some of the locals said they had the same thing, but from phone plugs in their walls.

I guess the closest thing I can compare it to would be TV back in the day? You got the dozen or so free channels if you had an antenna, and then you paid for cable if you wanted the good stuff.