“What inspired us? The revolutionary spirit of the younger generation!” I’m talking to Adryn Alvarez, a young Instagram user, about why he’s joined a group of memers attempting to unionise. Supporters of the “meme union” are mainly concerned with Instagram’s practice of censoring posts or banning accounts; they believe the platform has displayed a “pattern of undue censorship and regulation that...
The left-wing meme-makers trying to reclaim meme culture
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