Facebook Emails Could Show Zuckerberg Knew of Questionable Privacy Practices

Re:Facebook Emails Could Show Zuckerberg Knew of Questionabl... by bongobongo on Wednesday June 12, 2019 @02:30PM (#20167783)

A liberal constitutional democracy does not have any more ability to make you disappear than Facebook does.

And repressive governments already use Facebook to disappear their people:

>The Facebook posts were not from everyday internet users. Instead, they were from Myanmar military personnel who turned the social network into a tool for ethnic cleansing, according to former military officials, researchers and civilian officials in the country.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/15/technology/myanmar-facebo...

So, the notion that it's somehow "safer" for Facebook to engage in omnipresent surveillance doesn't prove true.

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Re:Facebook Emails Could Show Zuckerberg Knew of Questionabl... by phry on Wednesday June 12, 2019 @04:12PM (#20168790)

> A liberal constitutional democracy does not have any more ability to make you disappear than Facebook does.

oh for sure bud

"The disappeared: Chicago police detain Americans at abuse-laden 'black site'"

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/feb/24/chicago-poli...

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Re:Facebook Emails Could Show Zuckerberg Knew of Questionabl... by na85 on Wednesday June 12, 2019 @04:36PM (#20169025)

The US isn't a liberal constitutional democracy. It's an oligarchy with different laws for the rich and poor.

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Re:Facebook Emails Could Show Zuckerberg Knew of Questionabl... by paulddraper on Wednesday June 12, 2019 @07:41PM (#20170484)

> A liberal constitutional democracy does not have any more ability to make you disappear than Facebook does.

Yes, no true Scotsman would do such a thing.

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