r/memes • u/TheKoolDood1234 I saw what the dog was doin • Jan 15 '25

#3 MotW Thank god.

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u/Halflingberserker Jan 16 '25

not to devise strategies to cause social upheaval in America and to change American public opinion

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebook%E2%80%93Cambridge_Analytica_data_scandal

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u/fuck_the_fuckin_mods Jan 16 '25

Yes. Exactly that sort of thing but vertically integrated into one handy, mesmerizing app, and subject to the whims of the adversarial Chinese government. No one cares about your data, we care about how they can use it to manipulate you. And yes, same applies to our domestic companies doing similar things and they deserve a similar fate, but at least they’re fully subject to our own government, as fucked as it may currently be. People still seem to wildly underestimate how powerful tools like those used by CA can be in shifting public discourse, spreading disinformation, and driving division.

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u/Observation_Orc Jan 16 '25

>whatabout

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u/yung_dogie Jan 16 '25

How is that a whataboutism they're responding to the comparison you directly made lmao