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Ask HN: Why is Facebook on the rack for questionable practices but not LinkedIn?

2 pointsby hoodoofabout 7 years ago

2 comments

tmnvixabout 7 years ago
Partly because of Cambridge Analytica and The Guardian&#x27;s interest in that organisation (an interest somewhat motivated by CA&#x27;s role in promoting brexit).<p>Basically politics.<p>n.b. don&#x27;t misread this as me claiming that FB and CA are being unjustifiably maligned.
dansoabout 7 years ago
Such as?<p>edit: I&#x27;m not implying LinkedIn doesn&#x27;t have any bad practices or issues. But it helps to know which ones you have in mind so we know exactly which apples and oranges are being compared.