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> They could never be a Ministry of Truth or whatever you're implying, because it's a toy.

Well apparently not, politicians the world over are frightened of Facebook’s potential for spreading misinformation. Recall that the 2016 presidential election was apparently turned via $100K of Facebook ads that had little or nothing to do with the candidates in question.




Politicians continue to be technologically-illiterate. More news at ten.




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