Facebook chooses profits over people
These headlines naïvely miss the point. The problem isn’t Facebook, a private company, seeking profits. The problem is its deeply-entrenched psychopathy and pathological record of lying [1].<p>And it really appears to be a Facebook problem. Instagram for Kids wasn’t the fever dream of a deranged Instagrammer. It was pushed by a Facebook implant [2].<p>I don’t know if being in proximity to Facebook’s leadership corrupts people. Or if they select broken folks to start with. But it’s a top down effect, and the main reason I lobby for breaking up the company.<p>[1] <i>They lied to the FTC [a]. They lied to WhatsApp and the EU [B]. They created an Oversight Board and then, wait for it, lied to it [c].</i><p>—[a] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.ftc.gov&#x2F;system&#x2F;files&#x2F;documents&#x2F;cases&#x2F;182_3109_facebook_complaint_filed_7-24-19.pdf" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.ftc.gov&#x2F;system&#x2F;files&#x2F;documents&#x2F;cases&#x2F;182_3109_fa...</a><p>—[b] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;euobserver.com&#x2F;digital&#x2F;137953" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;euobserver.com&#x2F;digital&#x2F;137953</a><p>—[c] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.wsj.com&#x2F;articles&#x2F;facebooks-oversight-board-says-company-wasnt-fully-forthcoming-on-treatment-of-high-profile-users-11634817601" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.wsj.com&#x2F;articles&#x2F;facebooks-oversight-board-says-...</a><p>[2] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.m.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Adam_Mosseri" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.m.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Adam_Mosseri</a>