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"Prescient warning from Ressa in 2022: "I believe that Facebook represents one of the gravest threats to democracies around the world, and I am amazed that we have allowed our freedoms to be taken away by technology companies' greed for growth and revenues" (p. 137)." — Feb 16, 2025 05:36AM
"Prescient warning from Ressa in 2022: "I believe that Facebook represents one of the gravest threats to democracies around the world, and I am amazed that we have allowed our freedoms to be taken away by technology companies' greed for growth and revenues" (p. 137)." — Feb 16, 2025 05:36AM

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