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Luigi Mangione Accepts Nearly $300,000 in Crowdfunded Donations for Legal Defense (www.rollingstone.com)
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[-] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 136 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I want to hope the trial is covered relentlessly, but I know YouTube/Tiktok/Facebook are going to snub it in the algorithms. Reddit will mass ban it.

Not to speak of cable news.

Our best hope is Donald Trump opening his mouth about it, as he doesn’t seem to recognize the Streisand Effect. Then the algos will pick it up.

[-] Bahnd@lemmy.world 37 points 1 week ago

psst guess where it likely wont be blocked... Peertube.

(Personally im not plugged in there, so I dont know how well it would handle it, but its a nice to think it wont be burried there)

[-] Uniformly9@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 1 week ago

Problem is discoverability. We all want Peertube to succeed, and they have excellent technology, but discovering content there is next to impossible. Otherwise its active user numbers would grow. It’s the same reason Bluesky - for all its flaws - succeeded where Mastodon failed.

[-] essteeyou@lemmy.world 18 points 1 week ago

Why would they snub a massive driver of revenue?

[-] StraponStratos@lemmy.sdf.org 50 points 1 week ago

Because he represents a threat to them.

[-] essteeyou@lemmy.world 20 points 1 week ago

I suspect most CEOs are going to take that small risk in order to earn a few more billions, and spend a tiny portion of that on additional security. Maybe donate a pittance to the police.

If you can make $1000, and it costs you $500 to make you secure doing that, then it's worth it. Line must go up, as everyone says.

[-] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 29 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Because their billionaire owners specifically ask them to? Self compliance with regulators?

Masks are off, pretty much everyone but Google has loudly advertised they manipulate the algorithms for their interests, seemingly as a gesture after the election.

[-] Maeve@kbin.earth 9 points 1 week ago

Google just does it quietly.

[-] madnificent@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago

Could you provide some links on the advertised manipulation of the algorithms for their interests? Thanks.

[-] Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works 75 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

All the news about Luigi is soooo much more enjoyable than hearing the same type of outrageous US political headlines we usually hear.

And this is actually news! Hope the amount is enough.

[-] SoupBrick@pawb.social 49 points 1 week ago

ID is set to air a documentary about the alleged murder suspect with interviews from individuals who knew Mangione personally, as well as with New York Mayor Eric Adams, NYPD Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny, and other experts on the case.

I am curious how they are going to spin this. I would hope they don't demonize The Adjuster, but kinda expecting it because of the money in the health insurance industry.

[-] WamGams@lemmy.ca 32 points 1 week ago

It's Investigation Discovery.

There is 0% chance it has any pro-Luigi sentiment.

[-] crozilla@lemmy.world 24 points 1 week ago

Healthcare industry: “Wait, people had $300k just lying around? We gotta raise our prices!”

[-] TimewornTraveler@lemm.ee 20 points 1 week ago

at what point are all expenses covered and we're just paying for the lawyer's second yacht?

[-] Luffy879@lemmy.ml 20 points 1 week ago

I dont think you know how the american legal system works

Someone (the state, unitedhealthcare, or just about anyone) will just sue him over and over again for the most ridiculous reasons until he has no money left or he commits suicide. There are no precautions for that scenario, so it will very likely happen.

[-] CleoTheWizard@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

Not sure why you think this, they’d need a lawsuit with merits and standing. And if you do it enough there wrong way, the court can absolutely protect whoever it is you’re suing or they can counter sue.

Or even more realistically, Luigi can make his court appearances and ignore the lawsuits. At some point paying a lawyer to harass people with no money isn’t worth it. You can also waste their time as much as they waste yours and cost them money. Just get a cheap lawyer and tell them you’ll pay them to waste as much of their time as possible and it works. Your case may take 5-10 years to resolve that way.

Or you can just leave the country. Which sucks but it’s better than being harassed all the time and bankrupt.

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[-] StinkySocialist@lemmy.ml 20 points 1 week ago

https://www.givesendgo.com/legalfund-ceo-shooting-suspect

Wanna help get those numbers up?

[-] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 15 points 1 week ago

Crowdfunding fixing the problems in American healthcare AGAIN

[-] LaunchesKayaks@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago

Love how this is actually uplifting

[-] werefreeatlast@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

If Luigi signs every Dollar he can probably sell those on EBay and double or more the amount.

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