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Facebook’s favorite move. Remember Beacon? They killed it after the public outcry, and brought it back later quietly anyway. They also did a bunch of surveill
by EGreg 4y ago
Facebook’s favorite move.
Remember Beacon? They killed it after the public outcry, and brought it back later quietly anyway.
They also did a bunch of surveillance, apologized when caught, then continued doing it.
Many governments seem to do it too — they retry later with the same bill and then they pass it when the public is distracted.
- cwillu 4y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Wilberforce#Final_phase_of_the_campaign https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Wilberforce#Final_phas... “A bill was introduced and approved by the cabinet, and Wilberforce and other abolitionists maintained a self-imposed silence, so as not to draw any attention to the effect of the bill.[145][146] The approach proved successful, and the new Foreign Slave Trade Bill was quickly passed, and received royal assent on 23 May 1806.[147]”