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Re:Facebook had ample warning about privacy problems with “c... by mike00632 on Sunday April 11, 2021 @04:34PM (#26773160)
"Radio" is not a company that profited off the genocide and looked the other way when it happened.
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Re:Facebook had ample warning about privacy problems with “c... by disgruntledphd2 on Monday April 12, 2021 @02:41AM (#26776598)
No, but it's the closest modern equivalent. A communication medium is used to facilitate bad activity, so clearly the correct thing to do is to blame the communication medium.

I'm sure Myanmar was full of shiny happy people before Facebook got there, after all \s.

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Re:Facebook had ample warning about privacy problems with “c... by disgruntledphd2 on Monday April 12, 2021 @09:16AM (#26779049)
> profited off the genocide

Also, it's ludicrous to believe that FB actually make any money of Myanmar. They make money from serving ads to the developed world, not poor developing countries.

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