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Nearly Sane

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'Facebook to tag ‘harmful’ posts as boycott widens'
« on: June 27, 2020, 11:32:23 AM »
Interesting that so much new media are having this problem. Not entirely sure what, if any impact,this action from Facebook will have. 


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-53196487
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Re: 'Facebook to tag ‘harmful’ posts as boycott widens'
« Reply #1 on: June 27, 2020, 11:40:25 AM »
I gave up my FB account a couple of years ago as I wasn't happy with it.
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Re: 'Facebook to tag ‘harmful’ posts as boycott widens'
« Reply #2 on: June 27, 2020, 11:45:47 AM »
Quote from: Littleroses on June 27, 2020, 11:40:25 AM
I gave up my FB account a couple of years ago as I wasn't happy with it.

non sequitur.
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Re: 'Facebook to tag ‘harmful’ posts as boycott widens'
« Reply #3 on: June 27, 2020, 01:29:38 PM »
And Coke withdraws advertising for 30 days despite the FB announcement


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-53204072
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Re: 'Facebook to tag ‘harmful’ posts as boycott widens'
« Reply #4 on: June 27, 2020, 06:17:59 PM »
This is having a major effect on market value but not entirely sure what the advetisers will want as actions.

https://www.newsweek.com/facebook-market-value-falls-56-billion-advertisers-flee-platform-1513840?amp=1&__twitter_impression=true
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Re: 'Facebook to tag ‘harmful’ posts as boycott widens'
« Reply #5 on: June 28, 2020, 08:56:57 PM »
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Re: 'Facebook to tag ‘harmful’ posts as boycott widens'
« Reply #6 on: June 28, 2020, 09:02:11 PM »
Who decides what's harmful?
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