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Yeah, but it's still a distraction from the real issue.


The excuse of misinformation is also fud. Facebook help Trump get elected in 2016 through the whole Cambridge Analytica fiasco. Facebook paid a paltry fine and the executives from Cambridge Analytica formed another company named Emerdata. There would be no need to take action specifically against Tiktok if legislation was the stick given to all companies but lobbyist don't want to crack down domestically.


It's not about misinformation either. It's about control over the algorithm that chooses what people see.


> Facebook help Trump get elected in 2016 through the whole Cambridge Analytica fiasco

This comment is FUD though. Did FB do it intentionally?




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