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Re:Whistleblower to Congress: Facebook products harm kids an... by xeyownt on Tuesday October 05, 2021 @11:58AM (#28761232)
It is not about the suffering that FB is causing to him, but more to people and democracy in general. You can be harmed even if you don't use FB.

Safe harbor is acceptable for websites whose social interaction is not the core business or is just a passive add-on, but FB must be held responsible of all the consequences of hate speech and disinformation on their platform because their algorithms are promoting them.

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Re:Whistleblower to Congress: Facebook products harm kids an... by rnd0 on Tuesday October 05, 2021 @02:39PM (#28763686)
>It is not about the suffering that FB is causing to him, but more to people and democracy in general. You can be harmed even if you don't use FB.

Which was proven once and for all on Jan 6th 2021

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Re:Whistleblower to Congress: Facebook products harm kids an... by shreyshnaccount on Tuesday October 05, 2021 @12:39PM (#28761829)
this. it's never been about free speech or whatever, it's all about the algorithm which exposes you to radical/infuriating ideas with no care about the content of such ideas and with the goal of increasing engagement.
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