maria cantwell just said newspapers have to serve the public good otherwise they can be sued, which should come as fairly interesting news to pretty much every person who has ever read the news
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repeatedly, the "whistleblower" pushes for legislation that would end the algorithm and bring about "human scale" social media, which is to say large tech platforms would no longer be able to mint influencers capable of competing with the institutional press. interesting!
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"has facebook ever moved forward with a product that would harm some users" - facebook has 2.85 billion users. literally every feature including the color blue has likely harmed "some" users. why are we not allowed this nuance?
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"i did not work on teens or child safety myself" - "whistleblower" on the topic of teens and child safety
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lmao "whistleblower" just lined up another senate hearing in the middle of this senate hearing LADIES AND GENTLEMEN SHE'S A STAR
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"whistleblower" now lamenting the fact that when parents are upset with their children's phone usage they are often told to stop letting their children use their phones. a child's behavior is not the fault of a child's parents, she insists. ????
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comparing facebook to smoking again, which killed 500,000 people this year nbd
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senator markey now casually discussing banning all likes, retweets, follower counts. this shit belongs to the government now, we're getting every feature we want.
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in concluding comments, "we live in a moment where whistleblowers are really important" says "whistleblower"
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