Also, are we all going to pretend that Meta isn't just Facebook, the company that sold all our data to Cambridge Analytica for a quick buck, a company who then used that data to direct target right leaning moderate, pump them full of anxiety and fear, and turn them into Trump devotees? A company that then later didn't store that data properly and leaked it, allowing thousands of identities to be stolen (including mine)? Meta / Facebook / Instagram are not good actors on the internet and we should be doing more to sully their name

[–] SevFTW@feddit.de 5 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Well, we aren't. But if you mean "we" as in "humans". Then yes, we've already forgotten and we don't care anymore if you remind us. You're being a paranoid nerd, I don't get all this techy crap, and I'm sure Mark has learned his lesson or at the very least the government will do something.

[–] Grant@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Mark hasn't learned his lesson because look at the data they are trying to collect. He's trying to collect so much data that it has become a meme. Do you realize how much information can be captured by using that new Twitter replacement? It seems like you just plugged your ears, screamed "Lalalalala", then buried your head in the ground
"He learned his lesson" was also used by a senator to justify trump and he then led a coup against the US government. The rich don't learn lessons, they get slaps on the wrist. Nothing has changed from 2016 when this all went down.
The government will NOT do anything because they are lobbied by ISP providers. There's no reason for them to make any changes because they are making bank as is. We peasants don't pose any risk and we certainly aren't making the elected officials millionaires so why should they listen to us?

I wrote my senior paper at university on data collection and facebooks role in all that. You are so off base with your comment, it's sad. That "paranoid nerd" you just shit on is entirely right and you sound like a reductionist oaf

[–] ZERO16LIVES@vlemmy.net 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think the comment you replied to needed a /s

[–] Grant@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Very likely! I wouldn't have thought so until you mentioned it

[–] SevFTW@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago

Really didn't think it would be necessary with "I'm sure mark learned his lesson" while he actively continues to destroy society lmao but I see the /s is necessary even on lemmy

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