The last thing the world needs or want is another one of these. But they are apparently an unavoidable waste product of the surveillance economy.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tristan_Harris …
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The most explosive accusation in this whistleblower's affidavit appears to be that a Facebook marketing person told the truthpic.twitter.com/KKYkWDJfUl
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The fact that this is an SEC complaint is a big boost to
@matt_levine's theory that everything is securities fraud. The alleged harm here is to investors, who I guess were hurt because Facebook's stock has only tripled since the 2016 election?pic.twitter.com/9iKwa5nDdE
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So in a nutshell, the theory of harm being asserted here to the SEC is that Facebook hurt investors by doing everything it could to maximize profits.
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I'm not super fond of Facebook, but this is an effort to use securities law to create liability for behavior that is not against the law, because we have never regulated it. It takes us a step further away from making good tech policy.
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They have a blood oath
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"Facebook's dirty tricks division"... isn't that all of Facebook?
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BREAKING: Another Facebook whistleblower speaks out