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Facebook Isn’t Just Allowing Lies, It’s Prioritizing Them

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Re: Facebook Isn’t Just Allowing Lies, It’s Prioritizing Them

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This kind of bla bla is getting boring. > By refusing to stay out of politics, the company is building the case for its own breakup. What does NYtimes think will change if FB and instagram separate?

This is an op-ed by a law professor at Columbia, not the Times' editorial opinion.

Re: Facebook Isn’t Just Allowing Lies, It’s Prioritizing Them

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This kind of bla bla is getting boring. > By refusing to stay out of politics, the company is building the case for its own breakup. What does NYtimes think will change if FB and instagram separate?

This is an op-ed by a law professor at Columbia, not the Times' editorial opinion.

Who decides who's allowed to publish op-eds in the Times and what topics those op-eds will be about?

Re: Facebook Isn’t Just Allowing Lies, It’s Prioritizing Them

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This kind of bla bla is getting boring. > By refusing to stay out of politics, the company is building the case for its own breakup. What does NYtimes think will change if FB and instagram separate?

This is an op-ed by a law professor at Columbia, not the Times' editorial opinion.

they chose that law professor at random to write an article of his choosing?

Re: Facebook Isn’t Just Allowing Lies, It’s Prioritizing Them

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What about traditional media lying all the time? By citing "sources" journalists can say whatever they want without any kind of accountability. This is just old media crying for losing to new media platforms.

True. The number of "anonymous sources say..." stories in the New York Times has gotten to the point of absurdity. Might as well be getting the news from 4chan.

Re: Facebook Isn’t Just Allowing Lies, It’s Prioritizing Them

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This kind of bla bla is getting boring. > By refusing to stay out of politics, the company is building the case for its own breakup. What does NYtimes think will change if FB and instagram separate?

This is an op-ed by a law professor at Columbia, not the Times' editorial opinion.

the corrolary "this is some random people's ad, not facebook's opinion" would then completely invalidate their argument
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