Facebook Just Targeted and Purged Over 800 Pages and Accounts With Millions of Followers, Twitter Follows Suit

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[–]fred_red_beans 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

How can Facebook and Twitter not see this as detrimental to their companies in the long term? This is a another short term knee jerk reaction. I dunno, perhaps they figure people will just forget about it like those WMDs in Iraq or the Patriot Act that keeps all so safe.

[–]useless_aether[S] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBVUZZ9eNws

i think they are censorship and surveillance entities above all else - governmental agencies that can be subsidized with tax money if needed.

[–]fred_red_beans 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

And the organizations who really oversee these companies may know that the bubble is going to burst and really couldn't care less about future profitability. Or, perhaps they want to see the downfall of social media in general. It appears that the capital of public opinion is currently worth more to them, and the overt actions to reclaim the narrative online are obvious. They really seem to be reaching here at the moment, which could indicate weakness.