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> Of course they didn't. After you are fined 5b it's no surprise you go full on defensive. I'm not willing to cut Facebook so much slack here. They very much
by tablespoon 5y ago
> Of course they didn't. After you are fined 5b it's no surprise you go full on defensive.
I'm not willing to cut Facebook so much slack here. They very much do not want any independent public oversight of their advertising operations (e.g. they want to release self-congratulatory reports with numbers that lack denominators, and they don't want anyone to be able to call them on the BS). I think any invocation of the consent decree is likely just a smokescreen for what they really want to do.
- logifail 5y ago> They very much do not want any independent public oversight of their advertising operations [..] This view isn't exactly _uncommon_ for such a large company that dominates their market. If you remove the word "advertising" it might apply to pretty much _any_ company...
- tablespoon 5y agoOh, totally. I was just responding to the subtext in the parent comment that government oversight was to blame for this action.