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by killerdhmo 1173 days ago
um... did you sleep through the last 8+ years of handwringing about election interference, Russian / state propaganda, live streaming massacres, addiction / mental health effects of social media, particular for kids? I can't imagine the other FAANGs come close
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If platforming disinformation and enabling internet addiction is equivalent to criminal complacency, then Microsoft, Apple, Amazon and Google all have crimes to answer for. Facebook has shit the bed more times than they can count on two hands, but unfortunately that's kinda the table-stakes in big tech.