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- Jan 2022
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people sign up to communicate and share messages and media
These people are of all different ages and backgrounds. How can we ensure that what they are posting is correct morally or factually.
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Facebook and others are bound by the same rules that most companies must follow, such as generally agreed-upon definitions of fair business practices, truth in advertising, and so on.
Most of the time when you’re on Facebook, the ads are custom to your interest. They want you to purchase what they are putting out there. Their profit is the main priority even if that means selling something that is not true.
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But unlike, say, a firearm or drug manufacturer, there is no designated authority that says what these platforms can and can’t do. So who regulates them?
Since there is no physical damage/consequence is that why there is not much action being done to put this to rest?
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