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The Ex-CIA Agents Deciding Facebook’s Content Policy

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Re: The Ex-CIA Agents Deciding Facebook’s Content Policy

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Knowing a handful of CIA personally, one thing they've all said is "There are no "ex" CIA." It seems to be similar to the USMC's "Once a Marine, always a Marine." Food for thought.

> It seems to be similar to the USMC's "Once a Marine, always a Marine."

But people who leave the marines aren't actually marines in any way other than mindset, right? Not sure what I'm supposed to take away from this analogy.

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Do people really believe there is a difference between government and the big tech?

These companies regularly get large government contracts, it is unlikely that there aren’t deeper connections.

I don’t believe free market exists in the USA and I think it’s economy and media is almost as heavily controlled as China.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources/Per... > MintPress News was deprecated in the 2019 RfC, which showed consensus that the site publishes false or fabricated information.

The article gives its sources, and I can go to Linkedin myself to verify its veracity.

You're making an argument from authority that I should ignore the source since some authority said to - incidentally a source discussing how "former" CIA employees are working to censor what information I can see.

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Do people really believe there is a difference between government and the big tech? These companies regularly get large government contracts, it is unlikely that there aren’t deeper connections. I don’t believe free market exists in the USA and I think it’s economy and media is almost as heavily controlled as China.

The great firewall of China prevents most of their citizens from seeing news that isn’t the party line. And if you share it you face criminal charges. Not to mention their social ranking system.

It’s ridiculous to say the US media is almost as heavily controlled as China.

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Do people really believe there is a difference between government and the big tech? These companies regularly get large government contracts, it is unlikely that there aren’t deeper connections. I don’t believe free market exists in the USA and I think it’s economy and media is almost as heavily controlled as China.

I was with you until this sentence:

> I don’t believe free market exists in the USA and I think it’s economy and media is almost as heavily controlled as China.

It depends on sector and scale. At the small- and medium-size business level, yes there are free markets. As you get into large businesses and highly political structures (media, healthcare, education, etc.) you're right, we are nearly devoid of a free market.

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Do people really believe there is a difference between government and the big tech? These companies regularly get large government contracts, it is unlikely that there aren’t deeper connections. I don’t believe free market exists in the USA and I think it’s economy and media is almost as heavily controlled as China.

Assange pointed out a long time ago that Google was functioning as a state actor. Perhaps the most public expression of this is “Google Jigsaw” and Jared Cohen’s prior role there (prior to joining Goldman Sach’s management committee as a partner).
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