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by wu-ikkyu 9y ago
>I’m unsure how anyone else can assume any different The vast majority of FB users are tech illiterate. They have no idea about the capabilities of algorithms and how they can be turned into automated weapons which can target entire popu
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by wu-ikkyu 9y ago
Zuck: Yeah so if you ever need info about anyone at Harvard Zuck: Just ask. Zuck: I have over 4,000 emails, pictures, addresses, SNS
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by wu-ikkyu 9y ago
It's security theater.
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by wu-ikkyu 9y ago
>This may smack of censorship in some ways, and if it was a government agency, it certainly would be This is a common misconception. Nowhere is it defined that only a government can conduct censorship.
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by wu-ikkyu 9y ago
>Makes one wonder where this new definition is coming from? I suppose we shouldn't be surprised to see the euphemization of technology in a forum full of and run by technologists.
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by wu-ikkyu 9y ago
>The word censor comes from a Latin word for a government official who, well, censored things. Do you have a source for this? The latin word censere does not seem to be defined only as government officials silencing opinions they don&#
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by wu-ikkyu 9y ago
I agree with you that the root problem bere is monopolistic centralized platforms without serious competition, but you misread the definition of censorship and went on to create your own definition -- this is how doublespeak happens. It&#x2
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by wu-ikkyu 9y ago
The documents from the Snowden leaks were illegally obtained/distributed. How long before that type of stuff is censored?
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by wu-ikkyu 9y ago
Reminds me of the RATM song, Bulls on Parade: "They don't gotta burn tha books, they just remove 'em While arms warehouses fill as quick as tha cells Rally round tha family, pocket full of shells"
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by wu-ikkyu 9y ago
Censoring the symptoms of these systemic issues is like putting a bandaid on an infected boil. It may not look as bad upon first glance, but it's only going to fester and get worse.
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by wu-ikkyu 9y ago
Sounds like they want you censored for asking questions.
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by wu-ikkyu 9y ago
>It's not censorship, it's moderating your platform. This is doublespeak. >censorship: the suppression or prohibition of any parts of books, films, news, etc. that are considered obscene, politically unacceptable, or a threa
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by wu-ikkyu 9y ago
Good question. Saying "I for one am grateful that these services target me with relevant ads" is like saying I'm grateful for only seeing what I want to see, and not what I need to see.
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by wu-ikkyu 9y ago
Ideally, relevant content (at least by the definition of "relevant") shouldn't solely do either of those.
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by wu-ikkyu 9y ago
It's a convenient loophole to "give it away" to your own organization.
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by wu-ikkyu 9y ago
>And why people look to the Government as some panacea of trust and integrity is beyond me. Blind allegiance to authority and the government is indoctrinated on us from an early age by state mandated school curriculum, the media, implici
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by wu-ikkyu 9y ago
It's funny seeing the New York Times and others rail against Facebook like this and yet they still don't have the conviction to #deletefacebook. Many of the excuses read like those of drug addicts.
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by wu-ikkyu 9y ago
The digital economy at large is based on the mass manipulation and abuse of negative emotions. Profit over people. "We as a nation must undergo a radical revolution of values. We must rapidly begin [applause], we must rapidly begin the
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by wu-ikkyu 9y ago
Strong nationalism implies hypocrisy towards the rest of the world.
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by wu-ikkyu 9y ago
Does anyone know the percentage of Zuck's total FB stock that he has sold in the past year? It looks like a lot but have not been able to find a precise percentage change.
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by wu-ikkyu 9y ago
If I were insider trading thats what I would say too. It is tax deductible.
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by wu-ikkyu 9y ago
Can't the police legally detain you for 24+ hours without "arresting" you? In that case wouldn't they have ample time to unlock the phone?
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by wu-ikkyu 9y ago
How do you know what it's being used for?
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by wu-ikkyu 9y ago
Growth for the sake of growth is cancer
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by wu-ikkyu 9y ago
What is a more important duty to our neighbors? To lock up and force drugs on homeless people who have no one to talk to but themselves; or preventing them from becoming homeless in the first place?
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by wu-ikkyu 9y ago
>competing parties do not collude That is literally the definition of collusion. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collusion#Examples https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/world-politics&#x
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by wu-ikkyu 9y ago
Indeed. None of these apparent positive gains will matter for very long if we destroy our own ecosystem in the process
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by wu-ikkyu 9y ago
>Just last week, Gates himself was arguing that he and other billionaires need to be paying significantly more taxes. Instead of trying to tackle problems of wealth inequality in such a roundabout bureaucratic way, why not just start dir
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by wu-ikkyu 9y ago
"In time of actual war, great discretionary powers are constantly given to the Executive Magistrate. Constant apprehension of War, has the same tendency to render the head too large for the body. A standing military force, with an over
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by wu-ikkyu 9y ago
So then how can we be sure the ballot boxes weren't switched or stuffed inbetween the polling station and the count site?

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