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by smt88 2766 days ago
Tobacco has killed more people so far. Facebook accepted a lot of money to help Trump win, so if he were to start a war or something, I think the blood would also be on Facebook's hands. Climate change is a whole other issue with him, though less direct.

Also, I understand the headline to be a comparison of tactics, not of harm.

And as for the share button, writers don't make their site's templates.

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Facebook accepted more money from the Clinton campaign though right?
If she had won, people gave her FB strategy (and Russia) credit for her victory, and she started a war, I'd say the same thing about her.

Helping a politician who ends up killing people is arguably helping to kill those people, whether you're a voter or an ad firm or IBM in the 40s.

“People gave credit for”

What should the standard of proof be for accusing an organization of “helping to kill”? Have we met that with Facebook?