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A liberal constitutional democracy does not have any more ability to make you disappear than Facebook does. And repressive governments already use Facebook to
by bongobongo 7y ago
A liberal constitutional democracy does not have any more ability to make you disappear than Facebook does.
And repressive governments already use Facebook to disappear their people:
>The Facebook posts were not from everyday internet users. Instead, they were from Myanmar military personnel who turned the social network into a tool for ethnic cleansing, according to former military officials, researchers and civilian officials in the country.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/15/technology/myanmar-facebook-genocide.html https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/15/technology/myanmar-facebo...
So, the notion that it's somehow "safer" for Facebook to engage in omnipresent surveillance doesn't prove true.
- phry 7y ago> A liberal constitutional democracy does not have any more ability to make you disappear than Facebook does. oh for sure bud "The disappeared: Chicago police detain Americans at abuse-laden 'black site'" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/feb/24/chicago-police-detain-americans-black-site https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/feb/24/chicago-poli...
- na85 7y agoThe US isn't a liberal constitutional democracy. It's an oligarchy with different laws for the rich and poor.
- paulddraper 7y ago> A liberal constitutional democracy does not have any more ability to make you disappear than Facebook does. Yes, no true Scotsman would do such a thing.
- bongobongo 7y agoYou don’t really know what that means, do you?