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by IanCal 2493 days ago
If I used data to find people who were starting to lean into anti-vax conspiracies and provided them with accurate information about vaccines to change the behaviour of some parents - is that straight up evil?

How about identifying people who are likely to fall for a scam (e.g. whose friends have just invested in a Ponzi scheme) and give them info on how to avoid a scam?

Straight up evil is massively overplaying it.

1 comments

Yes. Someone failed you.
What's evil about providing life saving, accurate information to people at a time they most need it?