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> They’re m being accused of having the ability to manipulate public opinion and elections.

I thought it was about stealing data?

> Push alerts to millions of users telling them of a possible ban and helping them call their representatives to change a political issue’s fortunes.

Not pushing the alert, would have changed nothing. And to be fair, isn't this how any organization in a democratic country works? Talking to their customers to communicate their problems? Raising awareness, animating people to talk to their local politicians, that's pretty common, isn't it?




There are two arguments. Data and politics.

Data seems like a sideshow to me. It’s legal and they could just buy it from data brokers anyway. It’s not like the US has any real laws against that.

Political action is a fair response to the bill but they went about it in an incredibly tone deaf way.


I'd also include security concerns. Not as scary as anti-cheat rootkits from TenCent owned companies that millions of people willingly installed. Concerning nonetheless.




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