Is Facebook a Structural Threat to Free Society?

Re:Is Facebook a Structural Threat to Free Society? by AnthonyMouse on Tuesday March 14, 2017 @01:04PM (#13869309)

> If people are happy with that status quo, who are we to challenge them?

Engineers who have identified a systemic risk to society.

Couldn't your argument apply all the same to heroin?

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Re:Is Facebook a Structural Threat to Free Society? by pmalynin on Tuesday March 14, 2017 @06:11PM (#13871948)

And why shouldn't it?

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Re:Is Facebook a Structural Threat to Free Society? by AnthonyMouse on Thursday March 16, 2017 @06:31AM (#13883919)

You seem to be suggesting that a heroin epidemic would be in no way problematic and that no one should take any steps against it.

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Re:Is Facebook a Structural Threat to Free Society? by none_for_me_thx on Wednesday March 15, 2017 @01:06AM (#13873941)

I believe the word you're looking for is technocrats.

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