One of very few politicians in Congress who could afford to never do business with Facebook is instead one of their best customers
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What Facebook and Google have done is more impressive than regulatory capture. By making surveillance advertising the mainstay of political campaigns, particularly in a pandemic year, they ensure it will never be in a politician's interest to pass meaningful privacy regulation
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If you search on
@AOC's name on Google, the first result is a paid ad linking to her fundraising page. This closed loop of fundraising, an elegant example of a self-contained system, has so far put $282K worth of AOC's money in Google's pocket.pic.twitter.com/UkxhUzsjyb
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It would be illegal for Facebook or Google to directly skim political donations made through their platform, but it's what they are doing legally, with extra steps. It's funny when it involves politicians who make a career out of lambasting them, but the problem is structural
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Next time you see the heads of giant tech companies at a Congressional hearing, remember that they're being roasted by some of their happiest, most satisfied customers. The theater of public humiliation is a small cost of doing business in the lucrative political market
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"Yet your participate in society. Curious!"
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The idea that quoting a comic strip forms some kind of coherent argument is one of the most charming things about the Very Online
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#Bitcoin
fixes thisThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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The choices were either 2.8M to reach an audience that needs their minds changed, or 2.8M on canned beans. It was a tough call
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You could run an amazing free burrito truck in her district off that money
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