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One is owned and operated in a country of authoritarian-level data-collection and massive public propaganda and the other is owned and operated by a company in
by Zmetta 7y ago
One is owned and operated in a country of authoritarian-level data-collection and massive public propaganda and the other is owned and operated by a company in Russian which isn't any better but still determines the media narrative.
- IloveHN84 7y agoYou forgot MSQRD owned by Facebook. It's a US company, therefore their data can be requested by FBI, NSA and others upon request without opposition.
- resters 7y agoExactly. The lack of warrant canaries shows us just how cozy the relationship is.
- ehsankia 7y agoEspecially after Cambridge Analytica, it honestly wouldn't be too much of a tin foil hat theory to imagine a world where state actors such as the IRA would come up with a viral app like this to scoop up data and influence the elections again.
- 7Z7 7y ago>state actors such as the IRA Can you elaborate on the IRA == state actor part?
- umanwizard 7y agohttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Research_Agency https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Research_Agency
- 7Z7 7y agoThank you
- underwires 7y agoInternet Research Agency https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Research_Agency https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Research_Agency Were you thinking the Irish Republican Army?
- 7Z7 7y agoYep, totally confused me. Thanks!
- Aeolun 7y agoHeh, I was kind of expecting that. But it was still amusing to read.