• PhAzE@lemmy.ca
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    7 months ago

    Lemmy users are just going to believe whatever they want to believe, instead of actually checking the facts.

    It’s 100% about privacy. Data collection, and algorithm manipulation to sway what users see in the interest of the Chinese government. If users think Russian interference is a problem, we’ll this amounts to the same thing.

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        7 months ago

        Again, it’s not about data being collected. It is about the algorithm that let’s them control what users see in their feeds.

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          7 months ago

          And again, there are ways to at least attempt to address that other than just passing the ability to control the algorithm to another opaque company.