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I believe this is a PR piece for FB -- in the end, ignoring the details, this piece leaves you feeling that 1) FB cares about people and 2) FB cares about Ameri
by dude01 9y ago
I believe this is a PR piece for FB -- in the end, ignoring the details, this piece leaves you feeling that 1) FB cares about people and 2) FB cares about America.
I'm not buying that. Check out how FB had no problem letting Philippines President Duterte get elected by using FB, including sending FB consultants to the Philippines -- https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2017-12-07/how-rodrigo-duterte-turned-facebook-into-a-weapon-with-a-little-help-from-facebook https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2017-12-07/how-rodri...
- baud147258 9y agoFB is an ad business. If a big customer want help to run its campaign, I don't see why FB wouldn't do it, on a business optic. Of course it FB wanted to select people it's doing business with on ethical grounds, I don't think there would be a lot of ads on FB.
- empath75 9y agoDuterte is literally a mass murderer.
- musage 9y agoThere's plenty of ethical companies etc. with need for advertisement. Just like advertisement itself doesn't have to be manipulative or deceiving, not everybody who is in business is a sociopath. Those who are should not remain in business, if you ask me, and it's my personal duty to help them with that.
- PricelessValue 9y agoEverything related to FB is now PR and propaganda. It's all "facebook is terrible" propaganda or "facebook is great". The obsession with facebook lately has been unbearable.