How Facebook and weapons industry are profiting from the Ukraine war
A big-tech/arms makers coalition is hyping the threat from Russia and China to stave off government regulation, and more.
By
Jonas E. Alexis, Assistant Editor
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April 11, 2022
By Eli Clifton
It should come as no surprise that Facebook, alongside many big tech companies, opposes anti-monopoly regulatory efforts, expanding antitrust rules, and strengthening privacy and user rights. But Facebook has taken its advocacy against congressional efforts to regulate the industry to new heights: it has now partnered with the weapons industry to scare Americans about China and Russia.
In 2020, Facebook, which changed its name to Meta in October, 2021, launched American Edge, a political advocacy group claiming to represent “a coalition dedicated to the proposition that American innovators are an essential part of U.S. economic health, national security and individual freedoms.”
“With direct financial ties to the Chi
https://www.veteranstoday.com/2022/0...e-ukraine-war/
A big-tech/arms makers coalition is hyping the threat from Russia and China to stave off government regulation, and more.
By
Jonas E. Alexis, Assistant Editor
-
April 11, 2022
By Eli Clifton
It should come as no surprise that Facebook, alongside many big tech companies, opposes anti-monopoly regulatory efforts, expanding antitrust rules, and strengthening privacy and user rights. But Facebook has taken its advocacy against congressional efforts to regulate the industry to new heights: it has now partnered with the weapons industry to scare Americans about China and Russia.
In 2020, Facebook, which changed its name to Meta in October, 2021, launched American Edge, a political advocacy group claiming to represent “a coalition dedicated to the proposition that American innovators are an essential part of U.S. economic health, national security and individual freedoms.”
“With direct financial ties to the Chi
https://www.veteranstoday.com/2022/0...e-ukraine-war/
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