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Re:Facebook slow to address political manipulation outside w... by CFA178B on Monday April 12, 2021 @06:55AM (#26778002)
There was never any point in facebook being any "force for good" or "revolution" as people might have hoped for. If you read investors reflections on early FB days strategic meetings, you see the picture much more clearly. Tech gets cheap, people are dumb, surveillance pays, what's not to like about this business?
Re:Facebook slow to address political manipulation outside w... by jimmaswell on Monday April 12, 2021 @12:13PM (#26781119)
It's happened: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebook_Revolution

Facebook is the de facto social network and lets people connect and spread information on an unprecedented scale, for good or bad.