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Re:Capitol Attack Was Months in the Making on Facebook by austincheney on Wednesday January 20, 2021 @01:45AM (#25843240)
> to control and/or regulate the tech giants

What is it exactly that qualifies Facebook to be a tech company? A database? A website? They display advertising.

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Re:Capitol Attack Was Months in the Making on Facebook by tsimionescu on Wednesday January 20, 2021 @02:13AM (#25843433)
Perhaps it is the fact that they are one of the largest employers of software engineers in the world.
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Re:Capitol Attack Was Months in the Making on Facebook by austincheney on Wednesday January 20, 2021 @02:36AM (#25843594)
That’s it? Expedia employs over 15000 software engineers, far more than anything else, and they aren’t a software company. Samsung has more software engineers than most tech companies have total employees and they aren’t a software company.
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Re:Capitol Attack Was Months in the Making on Facebook by Railsify on Friday January 22, 2021 @01:29PM (#25874503)
They move information around using software datacenters and the internet.
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