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Re:Facebook is not equipped to stop the spread of authoritar... by Iv on Monday December 24, 2018 @11:54AM (#18752965)
Force facebook to have an open api. The rest will follow naturally.
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Re:Facebook is not equipped to stop the spread of authoritar... by saddlerustle on Monday December 24, 2018 @12:06PM (#18753009)
Facebook giving away your data through its api is exactly what got us access to everything in the hands of cambridge analytica and huawei. They shouldn't be allowed to have an open api.
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Re:Facebook is not equipped to stop the spread of authoritar... by whatshisface on Monday December 24, 2018 @04:39PM (#18754405)
If Facebook closes their API, then Facebook still has the data. I understand how letting many companies have the data is worse than only one company having the data, but I am not so happy that Facebook has it in the first place.
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