Re:As teens left Facebook, it planned to target 6-year-olds,...
by laserlight on Tuesday November 02, 2021 @07:51AM
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By manipulation, I meant profiting from dissemination of fake news or other harmful content. I don't think other tech giants come close. Though, I would agree that all of them abuse their dominant position against their users' interest in some form.
Everyone I know who works at one of these companies is a great, smart, kind, talented person -- including those at Facebook. We need better consumer protections and to break up their monopolies.
* Hard to escape Facebook's online tracking but adding this to your host file should do it https://github.com/jmdugan/blocklists/blob/master/corporatio...
** Sorry for this hyperbole, it's only sites using adsense that are guilty and adblockers work wonders.