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It is about political power, Facebook and Twitter shouldn't have the power to significantly alter elections by selectively choosing what information people see.
by username90 6y ago
It is about political power, Facebook and Twitter shouldn't have the power to significantly alter elections by selectively choosing what information people see.
- riffic 6y agoFacebook and Twitter make money through the sale of advertisements and the sale of data for market research purposes. If their power needs to be moderated, people can do like the old television days and boycott their advertisers: https://www.nytimes.com/1982/01/28/arts/a-boycott-of-tv-advertisers-is-again-threatened.html https://www.nytimes.com/1982/01/28/arts/a-boycott-of-tv-adve...
- manigandham 6y agoThe "old television days" are long over. Considering the size of these companies and their advertisers, there is no way that boycotting or other protest would make any impact. You're dealing in fantasies from an obsolete era.
- username90 6y agoBasically everyone advertises there. So boycotting their advertisers is like boycotting earning money because your disagree with the government and want to hurt their tax revenue.