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Re:Facebook Helped Develop a Tails Exploit by blaser-waffle on Tuesday June 16, 2020 @04:04PM (#23543410)
> What is facebook trying to achieve?

Good PR for stopping predators.

Flexing their power in front the FBI and other tech firms.

Trying to demonstrate how obliterating privacy can sometimes have upsides.

Plus, it's clear that Brian Kil was a particularly bad actor and worthy of taking down.

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Re:Facebook Helped Develop a Tails Exploit by KaiserPro on Tuesday June 16, 2020 @04:52PM (#23543945)
or, more obviously, that having a famous paedophile prancing around on its platform is bad for business. So knocking him offline is worth the cash.
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