What we could really use is a whistleblower from Facebook's dirty tricks division.https://twitter.com/FBoversight/status/1451626096244391940 …
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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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A 141 slide deck tho! Can't put that on my epitaph!
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I feel like you would find this essay relevant…https://conversationalist.org/2020/03/05/the-prodigal-techbro/ …
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