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Re:UN blames Facebook for spreading hatred of Rohingya by JumpCrisscross on Tuesday March 13, 2018 @06:55AM (#16575102)
> Anything different and Facebook would be blamed for censorship

Facebook isn’t concerned about being “blamed for censorship” when it benefits their bottom line [1].

> This is a difficult problem to solve

The first step is recognising that ad-driven reaction-oriented social media does not appear to positively self-correct.

[1] https://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/11/22/technology/facebook-ce...

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Re:UN blames Facebook for spreading hatred of Rohingya by mmsimanga on Tuesday March 13, 2018 @07:07AM (#16575166)
I get that social media is bad for you. The question is does the rest of the world agree? Perhaps I can liken it to sugar. It's is bad for you in large quantities but it is legal.
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