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Social media platforms like Facebook have more political power in the US than the president, and should be just as accountable for their actions as any politica
by briga 9y ago
Social media platforms like Facebook have more political power in the US than the president, and should be just as accountable for their actions as any political organization must be. I don't think the full extent of how much control social media has over our lives has reached the popular imagination yet.
- parineum 9y ago> should be just as accountable for their actions as any political organization must be They are. Vote with your... profile? In the same way that your vote gives the president power, your consumption of services gives those providers power.
- briga 9y agoI have stopped using most forms of social media (except this one, obviously), but I don't think the buck stops there. Deleting your profile isn't much of a vote when they don't stop tracking you after your profile has been deleted. It also seems like for most people that to stop using these services would be like to stop using electricity. It's a choice that's almost inconceivable.