As teens left Facebook, it planned to target 6-year-olds, documents show

Re:As teens left Facebook, it planned to target 6-year-olds,... by tombert on Monday November 01, 2021 @04:33PM (#29072666)

I mean, I said in a sister thread that I do think there could be an argument that me working for an awful corporation does enable them and I am at some level responsible for their actions, but I don't know that it's realistic to expect someone in the corporate world right now to drop everything and only work for ethical people right now...our entire society is somewhat based around us working for evil corporations.

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Re:As teens left Facebook, it planned to target 6-year-olds,... by throwaway2331 on Monday November 01, 2021 @04:40PM (#29072771)

I agree that it's unrealistic to expect.

But there is something intoxicating and sublime in being unrealistic.

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Re:As teens left Facebook, it planned to target 6-year-olds,... by yladiz on Monday November 01, 2021 @05:34PM (#29073440)

But that's just an easy argument that keeps the status quo. In a western society today may be impossible to escape some big "evil" corporation, but there's a major difference between having no choice to participate in the system and willingly choosing to work for said corporation. In the case of Facebook someone who works there may not be directly responsible for its actions if they're not at a very high level but they are directly condoning them by working for Facebook and helping further its mission.

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Re:As teens left Facebook, it planned to target 6-year-olds,... by hobs on Monday November 01, 2021 @05:33PM (#29073427)

Nobody is asking for that burden or level of effort, just not people literally out to actively exploit... everyone.

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