On: Facebook bans researchers who were investigating Facebook ads

[_zzaw]

Usually all they have is the empty, evasive “well it’s their platform and they can do what they want” tactic.

[noxer → _zzaw]

They could stop sending out (ad) data any time so no one could collect the data. Its their platform they can do whatever they want.

[aaron-santos → _zzaw]

Half the time this is a sarcastic way of saying that all legislative, and legal options are the on the table because popular opinion and market forces are unsuitable for forcing companies like Facebook to change.