Amazing app
Neo-facist support indicated
I am a huge geography buff and just purchased this app yesterday. Was looking through multiple countries and was super excited and into this app.
Then I stumbled upon Italy in the “now” section.
It states and I quote, “Meloni (leader of the post-facists brothers of Italy) has governed with surprising pragmatism” and goes on to say that “her success in normalizing a party with pro-facist roots while maintaining EU credibility is one of Europe’s most significant political developments”.
Excuse me, what?
Let’s not forget Italy’s roots with the Axis powers during WW2 and how incredibly dangerous this is. The 1984 type gaslighting is palpable with the racism, xenophobia and homophobia there. Same sex families have also been ripped apart under her time as PM, but this app considers their pro-facial uprising to be “one of Europe’s most significant political developments”.
The parent company of this app is supposedly female and minority owned.
The math ain’t mathing. I am thoroughly appalled.
Please help me understand
Response from developer
Hello, Thank you for writing this and for reading closely enough to be troubled. That's exactly the kind of attention we hope the app earns. You're right that the wording falls short. Our intent in the NOW lens is to describe what is politically significant, not to endorse it. "Significant" was meant the way a foreign-affairs desk uses it: a development worth understanding, including for how unsettling it is. But the line as written reads as admiration, and that's our failure, not your misreading. Geography is written by a small team of writers, and every lens passes through human hands. That is exactly why this one is on us. We will be review all NOW lens to minimize any misunderstandings moving forward. If you're open to it, we'd genuinely welcome hearing more from you through the in-app feedback channel in Settings. This is the kind of reading that makes the writing better. - Team Geography