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by CodeSheikh 2307 days ago
I hate to say this but a lot of unfounded speculation in your comment as well.

"Secondly, have you done your research? Surely Facebook is not the only company being targeted by the government right now. I can assure you that, surely there are more."

Can you back this up with some factual information? Would love to know more about other companies. Thanks.
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complianceowl 2305 days ago
Just this month, the Department of Justice announced the largest-in-history FCPA case against Airbus, totaling 3.9 billion in fines[1]. The government's agenda is much larger than you're aware of, apparently.

Unfortunately, the media loves to scandalize things, throw out big names, and hype-up news. The problem is when people just take it, run with it, and parrot it back in the public square.

Anytime a company rises to the stature of Facebook, the probability that they will come into the government's cross hairs is much higher.

[1] https://www.natlawreview.com/article/airbus-to-pay-unprecede...

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monadic2 2307 days ago
Bud we entered a post fact world, especially when it comes to politics, decades ago.
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LegitShady 2307 days ago
This is not true and just more political talking points. You're contributing to the problem you describe.
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monadic2 2307 days ago
Oh what “fact-based” source do you get news from and how do they verify the “fact”? Do they use floating signifiers like “democracy”, “freedom”, “liberal”, “middle class”, “big government”? Do they have opinion columns and private ownership? It is impossible to act as if you’re both fact based and as if you’re serving your readership at the same time—the very act of choosing which stories to cover is deeply political itself, and that’s before you hit framing, what parts of the story you choose to emphasize, the goddamn headline (often written by a different person).

The National Review for instance is excellent at fact-checking, but I would not call the NR a factual paper or a paper of record.

There are no rocks on which to build these days (probably ever), just a series of private rides you can choose to be taken on.

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