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[–] tal@lemmy.today -1 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

Meta helped fuck over the global economy.

What?

EDIT: You mean them spending a lot of money on VR stuff without it really generating a return?

[–] apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world 13 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 children)

No I mean them buying a seat at Trump's inauguration, rolling back DEI commitments / departments, ushering in AI to lay off thousands, and all the privacy / security issues they already do.

[–] async_amuro@lemm.ee 7 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Also creating a platform perfectly designed for spreading false information and also helping genocide in certain countries

[–] apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago

Great point. There's a reason that boomers are intractably captured by Facebook.

[–] muusemuuse@lemm.ee 4 points 4 days ago

And turning social media into a propaganda platform.