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by tyrankh 2144 days ago
Headline is a bit inflammatory, no?

Headline: "Google and Facebook are lying about privacy!" Content: "Ok, _technically_ they weren't lying"

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Exactly. If the author admits that those weren't actually lies, then the headline itself is a lie.
There's a distinction between technical truth and being candid. It's like saying that Hitler was a war hero who managed to kill a key nazi leader - technically true, but deliberately misleading.