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Re:Facebook’s global lobbying against data privacy laws by mc89 on Saturday March 02, 2019 @11:30AM (#19289840)
It's been a while since a Trump or Brexit type unexpected/unpredicted event that Facebook influenced has happened. As in nothing at a national scale.

Does this mean the architecture is getting better? Or are we going to get hit by more randomness soon?

Re:Facebook’s global lobbying against data privacy laws by clydethefrog on Sunday March 03, 2019 @04:48AM (#19293657)
There was reporting last year about Facebook being a catalyst for spreading violence against the Rohingya in Myanmar.

Facebook owned Whatsapp also caused several so called Whatsapp lynchings in India based on rumors that were quickly spread via the app. Brazil's current president's campaign also used a succesful disinformation campaign via Whatsapp.

Re:Facebook’s global lobbying against data privacy laws by pjc50 on Saturday March 02, 2019 @12:44PM (#19290161)
Measles cases are on the rise in many countries. A lot of nasty politics is appearing in non-English speaking countries which gets no publicity, but it's difficult to trace to Facebook.

Of course, Facebook is merely the carrier for these influences. Some are driven by hostile intelligence agencies, some by opportunistic chancers.