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Crony Capitalism: Zuckerberg and the never-ending stench of Facebook
Betanews.com ^ | 4-2-2018 | Derrick Wlodarz

Posted on 04/03/2018 9:51:43 AM PDT by hasb3an

And why should we be so naive to believe Zuckerberg wouldn't dig into his treasure chest of big data? If murder is considered something as a potential accepted casualty from Facebook and it's 'de facto good', then political campaigning surely could be considered a moral reality, too.

I'm not here to speak for or against a Mark Zuckerberg political campaign. Until he has a platform with positions and an announced candidacy, much of this is merely speculation.

But from all the dots whose connections are slowly fading into focus, how can the average person not be concerned here? You have a social media behemoth that internally sees all growth of its platform as being 'de facto good' even if it leads to loss of life. This same organization has been exposed as mishandling data profiteering efforts time and time again. And the leader of this corporation is taking numerous public strides that look like a burgeoning political campaign in all but name.

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TOPICS: Computers/Internet; Government; Politics
KEYWORDS: campaign; data; facebook; zuckerberg

1 posted on 04/03/2018 9:51:43 AM PDT by hasb3an
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To: BroJoeK; x

Ping.


2 posted on 04/03/2018 10:49:24 AM PDT by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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