Here come the boycotts of the tech bros. Michael Stipe and Robert Smith are on the case.
Plenty of tech industry people are very worried about how all the tech companies have not only bent a knee to Donald Trump but are openly groveling in hopes that they’ll be able to do business as usual and have regulations loosened up. Case in point? Mark Zuckerberg’s total capitulation on fact-checking for Meta platforms.
Zuckerberg (despite his new perm and rapper chains) has people engaged. Michael Stipe of REM is one of them.
He’s urging everyone on his social media platforms to join up for a temporary boycott of Meta (Facebook, Instagram, Threads, Messenger, Giphy, Meta Quest, Ray-Ban-Meta, and WhatsApp) to protest the company’s move in “helping advance the far right in America.” This is the “Lifes Out Meta” campaign, which is on now until the 26th. I quote:
“I’ll be logged off for the week. Please consider doing the same so corporations like Meta can imagine there might be consequences for helping advance the far right in America and worldwide. Or are we too addicted [that] we can’t log off even for one week?
“It’s so gross. I’m really happy to step away for a week as some form of protest—and then I’ll come back and decide what to do from there.”
In related news, Robert Smith of The Cure has left X, saying that he can be found on Bluesky, Instagram, and Mastodon’s Universedon. “Otherwise, I will likely be outside,” he said.
19TH JANUARY 2025.
— ROBERT SMITH (@RobertSmith) January 19, 2025
TIME TO GO.
ANY OTHER ACCOUNT ON TWITTER CLAIMING TO BE ME IS A LIE.
I MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE HERE: https://t.co/wgY0dp14Tr
OR HERE: https://t.co/fjXtL5cOJ5
OR HERE: https://t.co/hsBEt2Jof8…
OTHERWISE I WILL LIKELY BE OUTSIDE.
ONWARDS…
RSX
