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

Re:Facebook furious at FTC after agency proposes ban on mone... by bigbillheck on Thursday May 04, 2023 @09:22AM (#35814871)

> How can a corporation be furious?

In the same way that an agency can propose: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synecdoche

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Re:Facebook furious at FTC after agency proposes ban on mone... by abduhl on Thursday May 04, 2023 @09:34AM (#35815074)

Proposing is an action. Being furious is a state of emotion.

Corporations can act through their agents. Corporations cannot feel their agents’ emotions because they are unable to feel.

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Re:Facebook furious at FTC after agency proposes ban on mone... by nimajneb on Thursday May 04, 2023 @09:40AM (#35815162)

PR can express emotion via press releases and interviews on behalf of the company. I would say it's just a way to say the board of directors is furious. Not that the company is sentient, and I don't think anyone thinks companies are sentient.

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Re:Facebook furious at FTC after agency proposes ban on mone... by criddell on Thursday May 04, 2023 @09:48AM (#35815272)

Has PR expressed something to indicate board member fury?

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Re:Facebook furious at FTC after agency proposes ban on mone... by toxik on Thursday May 04, 2023 @09:25AM (#35814936)

This is not a synecdoche, it is at best anthropomorphizing.

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Re:Facebook furious at FTC after agency proposes ban on mone... by Veen on Thursday May 04, 2023 @11:52AM (#35817398)

It's a totum pro parte synecdoche.

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Re:Facebook furious at FTC after agency proposes ban on mone... by anjel on Thursday May 04, 2023 @12:08PM (#35817692)

Also schadenfreude as a means of engagement...

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