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Facebook is a pseudo government with sovereinty over a type of resource that we have fully yet to understand as a species.

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Facebook isn't the only source of information, and in fact, I'd argue, more misinformation exists because of facebook, not more control.

That doesn't matter though, because most people 'live' in this new space via Facebook, in the same way that a plurality of people 'live' in the physical world we inhabit via the nation of China (PRC being the most populous nation). Simply because of that, we cannot discount the over-influence of Facebook.

Even more poignant, Facebook's dominance in this regard is much more disproportionate than China's dominance of the world population. (Facebook having a little under half the world's population).

Even though I don't live on planet Facebook anymore, the truth is Facebook heavily affects my life. I don't see how anyone can reasonably argue against this.

Influence is a lot different than psuedo-governance.

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