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Re:Both Facebook and Cambridge Analytica Threatened to Sue J... by bogomipz on Tuesday March 20, 2018 @02:57PM (#16631480)
>"No, Americans will continue to give zero fucks."

You realize theres 2 billion people on FB but only 330 million people in the US right? That's many more people than just Americans giving "zero fucks."

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Re:Both Facebook and Cambridge Analytica Threatened to Sue J... by paulcole on Tuesday March 20, 2018 @03:22PM (#16631703)
Am I crazy for not buying that 2 billion number? Is it really possible that over 25% of the world's population uses Facebook?
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Re:Both Facebook and Cambridge Analytica Threatened to Sue J... by bogomipz on Tuesday March 20, 2018 @04:18PM (#16632165)
No, not crazy. I have/had a hard time believing it but according to FB they do:

https://investor.fb.com/investor-news/press-release-details/...

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Re:Both Facebook and Cambridge Analytica Threatened to Sue J... by logfromblammo on Tuesday March 20, 2018 @05:31PM (#16632882)
Not if you believe that there is a 1-to-1 relationship between Facebook accounts and real, living humans.

I find it more likely that Facebook is completely unwilling to admit that many of its accounts are not genuine representations of a real, living person.

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Re:Both Facebook and Cambridge Analytica Threatened to Sue J... by justaguyhere on Tuesday March 20, 2018 @05:19PM (#16632768)
I'm curious about which people care and actually do something about it. I guess it would be some countries in Europe?
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