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- Facebook decided to make politicians exempt from all acceptable content rules.
<https://www.thedailybeast.com/facebook-anything-politicians-say-is-newsworthy-and-exempt-from-platforms-rules>

- Facebook banked millions of dollars from the hate groups it allowed to continue to use its platform.
<https://gizmodo.com/facebook-has-banked-nearly-1-6-million-from-splc-desig-1838467645>

- Facebook helped Nazis advertise to people that their algorithms thought might be interested in fascism.
<https://www.latimes.com/business/technology/la-fi-tn-facebook-nazi-metal-ads-20190221-story.html>

- Facebook refused to moderate manipulated video.
<https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/may/24/facebook-leaves-fake-nancy-pelosi-video-on-site>

- Facebook blocked black people from talking about racism.
<https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2019/04/24/facebook-while-black-zucked-users-say-they-get-blocked-racism-discussion/2859593002/>

Next, why shouldn't we trust Facebook with fediverse data?

- Remember how Facebook user data was sold to Cambridge Analytica, and Facebook acted outraged? They were so upset that they hired the person responsible.
<https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/mar/18/facebook-cambridge-analytica-joseph-chancellor-gsr>

- They also lied about when they knew about the problem.
<https://www.theverge.com/2019/8/23/20829603/facebook-cambridge-analytica-email-complaints-months-earlier-claim-september-2015>

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