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Some reasons: - The government is accountable to the people, but who is Facebook accountable to? Shareholders. - Government surveillance has at least some ov
by codex 14y ago
Some reasons:
- The government is accountable to the people, but who is Facebook accountable to? Shareholders.
- Government surveillance has at least some oversight, with a long history of regulation.
- Allowing government spooks to note your alcoholism is less worrysome, to most, than having drunk pics appear on the public Internet, for mom+boss to see.
- ahallock 14y agoGovernment is accountable to "the people"? That's just a platitude. The government is beholden to many special interests. The bailouts, the wars--home & abroad--, the TSA, etc. are all egregious examples. Facebook is accountable to shareholders, true, but no one is holding you hostage, making you share information on Facebook. You could change your privacy settings, go to another social network(s), or stop sharing altogether.