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Relevant article: https://theintercept.com/2017/12/30/facebook-says-it-is-deleting-accounts-at-the-direction-of-the-u-s-and-israeli-governments/ https://theinte
by Zaheer 9y ago
Relevant article: https://theintercept.com/2017/12/30/facebook-says-it-is-deleting-accounts-at-the-direction-of-the-u-s-and-israeli-governments/ https://theintercept.com/2017/12/30/facebook-says-it-is-dele...
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16035721 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16035721
It's quite alarming how central a role Facebook plays in global affairs and how it's shaping current events.
- CodeWriter23 9y agoCensorship is only part of the picture. Facebook has assumed the role of Kingmaker, at Global Scale: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2017-12-21/inside-the-facebook-team-helping-regimes-that-reach-out-and-crack-down?utm_source=google&utm_medium=bd&utm_campaign=HP&cmpId=GP.HP https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2017-12-21/inside-th...