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"Pundits often make the argument that 'surely with all that personal data, Facebook must be able to do something.' A great many startups have launched in the hope that if only they get enough data about their users, they’ll find a way to make money from it. But looking at the history of Facebook and related companies like Google, there’s little to back that up."

Most pithy way of describing the dangers posed by the advertising industry companies like Facebook and Google.




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