https://www.bloomberg.com/businessweek"Over and over in the last 20 years we’ve watched low-cost or free internet communications platforms spring from the good intentions or social curiosity of tech folk. We’ve watched as these platforms expanded in power and significance, selling their influence to advertisers. Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Google—they grew so fast. One day they’re a lovable new way to see kid pix, next thing you know they’re reconfiguring democracy, governance, and business..."
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Not relate to this topic, what is happening at Facebook remind me of the movie Minority Report where the police utilize a psychic technology to arrest and convict murderers before they commit their crime.
This is (for once) not a failure of government or the lack of regulation. People who put their whole lives on FB, or even a part of their lives are completely foolish to believe that a "for free" service isn't going to try to use their data to market to them or sell to others for their use. That's how business works. There's no free lunch, people!
Present administration can care less about regulations, especially consumers.