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    1. Chris Maloney‏ @ChrisMa42377256 Sep 27
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      This alsohttps://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2014/06/28/facebook-manipulated-689003-users-emotions-for-science/ …

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    2. Amil‏ @amilh Sep 27
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      this has nothing to do with politics

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    3. Chris Maloney‏ @ChrisMa42377256 Sep 27
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      Correct, but it goes to show that the manipulation is real, effective, and studied by these companies. It's also a relatively old study so I would conjecture that by now they have loads more data and practice, should they choose to use this power actively.

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    4. Amil‏ @amilh Sep 27
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      Many companies have lots of power and *could* do awful things. so what?

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    5. Chris Maloney‏ @ChrisMa42377256 Sep 27
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      Regulations exist to prevent companies from doing bad things, such as dumping toxic waste, in spite of that they haven't yet done so.

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    6. Amil‏ @amilh Sep 27
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      actually, the laws exist *because* they dumped the toxic waste. but what laws are you suggesting?

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    7. Chris Maloney‏ @ChrisMa42377256 Sep 27
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      1) its a hard question because at the heart of it is what kind of persuasion should be disincentivized/made illegal? Breitbart is conservative, they create content of that bent, it persuades people to think a certain way. But there's nothing wrong, per se, or illegal about it.

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    8. Chris Maloney‏ @ChrisMa42377256 Sep 27
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      2) i think about stuff like if a hypnotist made me walk off a cliff are they charged with murder. If the kind of manipulation we are discussing could be shown as being exact enough to predictively deliver outcomes, in an election say, it's a kind of override of choice/free will.

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    9. Chris Maloney‏ @ChrisMa42377256 Sep 27
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      3) so I am thinking that certain practices in curating content/juking algorithms that have too high of predictable manipulation is wrong/should be illegal, just like subliminal messages in advertisements is.

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    10. Amil‏ @amilh Sep 27
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      1/ yeah, it's a tough issue. not even breaking them up would really solve the core problem. as of now there isn't proof that they are actively trying to manipulate any election and Congress is pretty shitty about understanding tech in general.

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      Amil‏ @amilh Sep 27
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      2/ I think combatting it will take educating children about thinking critically and researching for themselves, threatening to break up big tech to have them place more emphasis on flagging fake news and a lot of luck that another entrant might crack the problem better

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