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AITA for being confused as hell about how social media is suddenly pushing pro-ICE content?
Posted by on February 11, 2026 at 10:24 amOkay so hear me out
For days I was literally getting hate and seeing tons of videos exposing ICE showing their killings, abuses, misuse of power, footage of Minneapolis + discussions about how federal agents shot two people in Minnesota and the backlash against them tons of people calling it extreme and questioning their tactics. 
But now I open Instagram and Facebook and my feed is flooded with pro-ICE videos? Like clips defending the shootings, people saying the agents were justified, even stuff pushing self-defense narratives and praise for ICE action. Wtf?
It feels wild that one moment the dominant conversation online seems critical of what happened (people mourning, protesting, talking about accountability), and the next moment I’m bombarded with defense, cheering them on, or videos trying to reinterpret the whole situation…
Is it just the algorithm flipping depending on whoever paid for ads? Or are people actually defending this?
It’s making me lose my mind trying to figure out what’s real vs manipulated rn.
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Zuckerberg is a trump supporter, so…
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Go to platforms like [floods](https://floods.tv) where there is no pro-ICE content yet
The offenders are Meta, Tik Tok, Google because they are all buddies with the current administration so they can get tax breaks/ask for special favors.
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It’s just so obviously pushed to influence by right wing or foreign states keen to fuel the conflict. But as others have said, the social media platforms have had to fall in line with Trump because he’s bullied them with threats if they don’t.
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Not crazy, I’ve seen that happen when algorithms favor high-engagement political posts, when advertisers pay to push narratives, or when coordinated bot activity raises visibility so your feed can flip overnight
Try the “Why am I seeing this” and ad transparency tools, hide or report similar items to retrain your recommendations, and test with a clean account or incognito window to see if it’s algorithmic or paid content
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What’s fascinating is almost all of Journalism is still on X and Facebook….and they don’t see this somehow. So either X and Facebook are really important to journalism but they don’t use it properly at all or Facebook has an algorithm just for journalists, which would be very, very easy to do.
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It’s all meant to divide. Nothing ever fair and down the middle. They show you the worst and the worst only.
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