Facebook paid Republican strategy firm to malign TikTok
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Facebook paid Republican strategy firm to malign TikTok
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Re: Facebook paid Republican strategy firm to malign TikTok
#2Re: Facebook paid Republican strategy firm to malign TikTok
#3At what point does:
- having Facebook/Meta experience on your resume starts hurting you against others who don't
- selling your company to Facebook/Meta or product on it hurts your brand and perceived to be immoral
Is Facebook/Meta the Tobacco company of our generation? The harmful effects of smoking were covered up for almost a century, much as the impact of mass remote dopamine manipulation is not as prolific.
Re: Facebook paid Republican strategy firm to malign TikTok
#4TL;DR:
Company a threat to American children pays a company to accuse another company that's a threat to American children of being a threat to American children.
Re: Facebook paid Republican strategy firm to malign TikTok
#5They should have paid more. Perhaps they could have been useful for once.
Re: Facebook paid Republican strategy firm to malign TikTok
#6At what point does: - having Facebook/Meta experience on your resume starts hurting you against others who don't - selling your company to Facebook/Meta or product on it hurts your brand and perceived to be immoral Is Facebook/Meta the Tobacco company of our generation? The harmful effects of smoking were covered up for almost a century, much as the impact of mass remote dopamine manipulation is not as prolific.
It already does. I spoke to several trainees that don't want companies like Facebook or Shell on their resume.
Problem is those companies start to attract people that thrive in toxic cultures, worsening the problem.
Re: Facebook paid Republican strategy firm to malign TikTok
#7If there is anything happening around you which influences, it is staged and driven by someone.
Re: Facebook paid Republican strategy firm to malign TikTok
#8If there is anything happening around you which influences, it is staged and driven by someone.
Re: Facebook paid Republican strategy firm to malign TikTok
#9Isn't this what all firms do to each other, all the time?
Like, isn't this just normal business these days? Isn't this sort of thing a natural eventuality in a capitalist world?
Capitalism crowns the person who wins, regardless of how they won.
And besides, all press is good press because it's all exposure. Why wouldn't you do this sort of thing?
It's only wrong to get caught.
And even then, you can pay for a lawyer to prove that you were either:
- not doing anything wrong,
- not legitimately caught,
- or simply giving your opinion.
Re: Facebook paid Republican strategy firm to malign TikTok
#10If there is anything happening around you which influences, it is staged and driven by someone.
What influenced you to believe that?