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Re:Facebook Seeks Shutdown of NYU Research Project into Poli... by atlantis_ on Saturday October 24, 2020 @05:01AM (#24877902)
I'm curious as to the metrics here: is emotionally manipulating 700k less bad than 1 billion users? how about 10 users? or 1 user?

also: is it more bad or less bad if 3rd parties do it - political advertising, disinformation, Cambridge Analytica etc?

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Re:Facebook Seeks Shutdown of NYU Research Project into Poli... by edmundsauto on Tuesday October 27, 2020 @08:37PM (#24913692)
I think it's pretty neutral to say that harming fewer people is less bad, assuming the amount of harm is the same. Do you disagree?
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