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Re:A whistleblower says Facebook ignored global political ma... by nojvek on Tuesday September 15, 2020 @11:31AM (#24482378)
Instagram did that. However for social networks you make money from ads, so they’re rotten in a different way.
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Re:A whistleblower says Facebook ignored global political ma... by jacquesm on Tuesday September 15, 2020 @12:59PM (#24483551)
The hell they did. They took the money and ran.

https://dealbook.nytimes.com/2012/04/09/facebook-buys-instag...

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Re:A whistleblower says Facebook ignored global political ma... by nojvek on Wednesday September 16, 2020 @12:59AM (#24489671)
I am dumb. I was thinking about Snapchat. Sorry.
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Re:A whistleblower says Facebook ignored global political ma... by thraxil on Tuesday September 15, 2020 @11:56AM (#24482736)
What do you mean? Instagram was bought by Facebook in 2012 for $1 Billion. So they literally looked the billion dollars in the eye and said "OK!"
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