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A platform can't be held responsible for every opinion some idiot posts, true. When nations weaponize your platform to disrupt foreign elections[1] and facilitate outright genocide[2], you don't get to shrug and ignore it.

This is not just about selling data to advertisers anymore.

[1] https://techcrunch.com/2018/11/05/facebooks-election-interfe...

[2] https://www.lawfareblog.com/facebooks-role-genocide-myanmar-...

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This is the actual issue. Everyone suggesting a smear campaign here is ignoring the facts. Facebook most likely did not have controls or processes or policy to prevent foreign actors from abusing the platform even when reported by legitimate organizations and governments aligned with US interests and policy.

It's actually in Facebook's best interest to fix these problems because people will leave for another network to share their photos with friends and these issues will accelerate a decline.

They aren't ignoring facts, they just already accepted them dozens of articles ago. Questioning coverage frequency has nothing to do with the facts and definitely is not a sign of ignoring them.

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