Not saying that the Macron government is perfect, but is it not clear that this AstroTurf "gillet jaune" movement is dark-money/russian funded? The bulk of the protesters are economically shooting themselves in the foot by hurting small business. Cui bono?
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Tbh this could happen on any platform designed to allow people to share information, communicate, and organise into groups.
Hard disagree. Enabling weaponized mass propaganda is not an intrinsic feature of a social network. Facebook is directly responsible for the damage it's doing to our democracies.
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Facebook's DNA appears to be driven by the need for viral information growth. Apparently driven through the exploitation of our most basic cognitive biases. Who has made the analysis that this business model is a threat to democracies?
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The US was established as a Republic and nowhere is the word "democracy" found in the founders documents. Also 2nd Amendment does not use the word "gun(s)" but Arms as in armaments which includes all arms needed to defend against a bad government, when 1st Amendment is ignored.
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