Facebook furious at FTC after agency proposes ban on monetizing youth data

Re:Facebook furious at FTC after agency proposes ban on mone... by candiddevmike on Thursday May 04, 2023 @08:35AM (#35814287)

Unfortunately, it's probably more of a shake down/way to get more campaign contributions.

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Re:Facebook furious at FTC after agency proposes ban on mone... by dd36 on Thursday May 04, 2023 @08:47AM (#35814418)

Or it is what it says it is.

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Re:Facebook furious at FTC after agency proposes ban on mone... by galangalalgol on Thursday May 04, 2023 @08:48AM (#35814432)

Or it was lobbied for by a competitor.

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Re:Facebook furious at FTC after agency proposes ban on mone... by josephg on Thursday May 04, 2023 @08:57AM (#35814530)

So? People lobby for all sorts of stuff. The existence of lobbyists doesn’t tell you if a proposed policy is good or bad.

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Re:Facebook furious at FTC after agency proposes ban on mone... by galangalalgol on Thursday May 04, 2023 @11:45AM (#35817238)

That is a good point. We have to take wins when we get them. Getting the oligarchy to fight each other to our benefit is a nice turn of the tables. We should keep our eye on there competition as well though. Meta's whataboutism referencing tiktok wasn't baseless, it just isn't a valid excuse.

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