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by tupac_speedrap 1524 days ago
It basically is at this point. Every time one of these companies like Facebook, Google, Twitter...etc get caught doing something dodgy they just say it was the algorithm's fault and call it a day. Like when Facebook was selling ads to anti-semites or Google just banning people from their services for undisclosed reasons.
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Or they pay 0.0001% of revenue as a fine after a months or years long regulatory case comes down with a fine and no admission of wrongdoing or criminality.