Gareth Bryant Writes

Sha`bān 24th, 1445, A.H./March 5th, 2024 a Worldwide-Shutdown of Social-Media took place. Meta (the Parent-Company of Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp) was hit with an Apparent Cyber-Bug. The Meta-Servers had been down for sometime, which led People to race to Twitter to tweet, complain, etc. about it. Meta-Execs responded that the Problem would be fixed.

However, for myself, it’s suspicious that during one of the Most-Tumultuous Political-Climates via Human-History this “Cyber-Bug” conveniently occurs. And, it’s actually really ironic being that Countless-Persons globally get News-Media, Current-Events, Updates about those affected by Warzones, News-Reports about those being oppressed via Governmental-Corruption, etc. by using Platforms like FB & IG. FB & IG keep Untold-Millions connected with each other as well as Socio-Politically Aware of Political-Happenings.

So, if/when Things like this occur suddenly…we must have our Antennas all the Way up, concerning how/why this happened. I mean, given the Political-Climate, the 1st-Thing which came to my Mind was that it’s being allowed/done purposely to assess 2-Things:

a. How Social-Media Addicted People really are.

b. How well do People handle something like this, without resorting to Panic-Mode.

c. How well could Digital-Information be controlled & kept from Masses of People globally.

As per “A”:

Obviously Social-Media Addiction is a Staple-Reality for Many-Persons globally. Many-People literally have Social-Media Dependence & experience Social-Media Withdrawal as though attempting to quit or forced to quit a Drug-Habit.

As per “B”:

People fleeing to Twitter, to just have the Social-Media Fix is like a Person’s FavoriteDrug-Dealer running-out of their Supply…what will any Addict do? They’ll simply go to any other Dealer who has what they want to get the High they pursue.

As per “C”:

Being that the Palestine/Israel-Conflict (which since Oct. 7th, 2023 has been reminiscent of Nazi-German Oppression during World-War II) is reaching New-Heights of Theft, Rape, Murder…clearly it would be Self-Serving if the Info.-Switch were temporarily cut-off so that Persons posing Digital-Resistance to Israeli-Occupation would be rendered disconnected referring to Uodates about the Conflict.

At the End of the Day: let’s all be mindful of what we allow to be addicted to & constantly remind ourselves that anything like Social-Media granted to the Masses as per Public-Consumption…we’re not in Control. We’re simply being monitored via our Social-Media Usage. We’re all…all of us Social-Media Users…we’re Digital Lab-Rats & our Social-Media Sites/Apps are the Hamster-Wheels & Mazes we venture into & play with on a Daily-Basis..

Gareth Bryant