Re:Facebook is talking to the White House about giving away ...
by rfrank on Thursday October 06, 2016 @06:28PM
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They've also actively tried to manipulate the moods of their users via manipulation of newsfeed content. Informed consent is for the little people, I suppose. Just like net neutrality.
http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2014/06/everyt...
Re:Facebook is talking to the White House about giving away ...
by jsprogrammer on Thursday October 06, 2016 @05:51PM
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A news service, such as a newsfeed, has a duty to be impartial by virtue of naming itself news unless there is a real contract with the user stating alternative duties.
Re:Facebook is talking to the White House about giving away ...
by jwtadvice on Thursday October 06, 2016 @06:01PM
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Unfortunately it doesn't work that way. Facebook radically alters its content for political and state power purposes.
Not only is this not against the law, it's either illegal or highly discouraged not to do this everywhere in the world.
Re:Facebook is talking to the White House about giving away ...
by nathancahill on Thursday October 06, 2016 @05:54PM
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..he typed on Hacker News, a newsfeed actively censored by YC against negative news about companies that they invest in.
Re:Facebook is talking to the White House about giving away ...
by jsprogrammer on Thursday October 06, 2016 @06:39PM
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If you're good, you can still get your information through.
Which is why they shouldn't be trusted as if they were a neutral party providing a utility - they're demonstrably not. Even if they intended to be, the temptation to wield the power they have towards some financial or political end would inevitably be too great to resist.