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Facebook has a much wider reach than Bic Tobacco could dream of. As far as actual impact on thousands of lives, it's probably a tossup since Facebook has many
by atonse 5y ago
Facebook has a much wider reach than Bic Tobacco could dream of.
As far as actual impact on thousands of lives, it's probably a tossup since Facebook has many means of ruining lives (psychological manipulation, distrust in government, pandemic misinformation, political misinformation). But I'd wager that Facebook has probably already caused way more harm than tobacco. It's hard to measure though.
- raxxorrax 5y agoDistrust in government is a democratic necessity. There were more insidious source for misinformation on vaccines than Facebook, although some of the worst cases were favored by government (lab leak suppression). Tendency is that the parent comment is correct and the proposed solutions are practically bretty bad.