Zuckerberg’s Mess

 

“[Zuckerberg] is right that our democracy can survive a pandemic. It is unclear, however, if it can survive a platform optimized for conspiratorial thinking. Like industrial-age steel companies dumping poisonous waste into waterways, Facebook pumps paranoia and disinformation into the body politic, the toxic byproduct of its relentless drive for profit. We eventually cleaned up the waste. It’s an open question whether we can clean up after Facebook.”  

 

—Jamelle Bouie, columnist, “Facebook Has Been a Disaster for the World,” NYTimes, Sept. 18, 2020. (Thanks to alert WORDster — and FB survivor — Christine Hills) Image: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg at House hearings, 2019. Marovich/NYT.

 

 

 

• Editorial Comment: Wash your Face.

 

 

 

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