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[–] 3 points 2 years ago (7 children)

For one thing, today isn't 2015

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (6 children)

    Did occurring in 2015 happen to make it less bad somehow? We sure as hell weren't passing laws to ban facebook back then either, so I'm not sure what point you think you've made.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    We didn't have the same stance on data privacy back then as we do today. GDPR wouldn't be a thing for another year, not implemented for two more after that (2018). Legislators largely didn't understand the risks associated with unrestricted exchanges of seemingly benign user data at the time. Yay for hindsight being 20/20.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    That’s great. Nothing has changed about Facebook so nothing is stopping them from banning it now for the same reason as TikTok. The only reason they wouldn’t is if they had a motivation that had nothing to do with protecting elections from foreign influence.

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Hindsight and foresight are identical I always say

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    Aren't they the opposite? Unless you are saying we should use past experiences to protect ourselves in the future then shouldn't we still ban Facebook? Regardless of how you feel about tiktok, Facebook was never neutered.

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