[blueplum]

"Most revealingly, it includes details of the company’s “great relationship” with Enda Kenny, the Irish prime minister at the time, one of a number of people it describes as “friends of Facebook”. Ireland plays a key role in regulating technology companies in Europe because its data protection commissioner acts for all 28 member states. The memo has inflamed data protection advocates, who have long complained about the company’s “cosy” relationship with the Irish government."

[A strike]

Facebook a global totalitarian thug?

Who knew?

[sergeantdave]

“Facebook has targeted politicians around the world – including the former UK chancellor, George Osborne – promising investments and incentives while seeking to pressure them into lobbying on Facebook’s behalf against data privacy legislation, an explosive new leak of internal Facebook documents has revealed.”

Bribing politicians to strip away citizens’ rights should be met with immediate summary execution, of both the politician and the head of the company that made the bribe.

[TBP]

Kills their business plan.