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by dude01 3043 days ago
I believe this is a PR piece for FB -- in the end, ignoring the details, this piece leaves you feeling that 1) FB cares about people and 2) FB cares about America.

I'm not buying that. Check out how FB had no problem letting Philippines President Duterte get elected by using FB, including sending FB consultants to the Philippines -- https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2017-12-07/how-rodri...
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baud147258 3043 days ago
FB is an ad business. If a big customer want help to run its campaign, I don't see why FB wouldn't do it, on a business optic. Of course it FB wanted to select people it's doing business with on ethical grounds, I don't think there would be a lot of ads on FB.
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empath75 3043 days ago
Duterte is literally a mass murderer.
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PricelessValue 3042 days ago
Everything related to FB is now PR and propaganda. It's all "facebook is terrible" propaganda or "facebook is great".

The obsession with facebook lately has been unbearable.

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