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Re:A Look Inside the Tactics of Definers, Facebook’s Attack Dog by NeedMoreTea on Thursday November 15, 2018 @09:58PM (#18465969)
Hah. It would be a hit piece if it were untrue and simply attempting to sway opinion against.

Facebook applying for patents on distinctly creepy inferences from photos is hardly a hit piece. It puts it squarely in the category of Facebook bringing it on itself.

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Re:A Look Inside the Tactics of Definers, Facebook’s Attack Dog by thanosnose on Thursday November 15, 2018 @10:03PM (#18465994)
> Facebook applying for patents on distinctly creepy inferences from photos is hardly a hit piece.

That one is by buzzfeednews, not the nytimes. I know it's hard to tell the difference between news companies today. There are 3 hitpieces on facebook on the frontpage. 2 of those are by the nytimes.

There is a 4th by the businessinsider trying to make it's way to the frontpage.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18465553

But the ones I was referring to were from the nytimes only.

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Re:A Look Inside the Tactics of Definers, Facebook’s Attack Dog by NeedMoreTea on Thursday November 15, 2018 @10:28PM (#18466134)
I still don't see them as hit pieces though, and I've seen only two NYT pieces about FB hit HN today. This one is talking of a specific company they hired. The piece about students not wanting to work there is a bit more woolly, granted.

It doesn't seem like they're being singled out unfairly to me.

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