A dead friend seemed to contact me on Facebook. The truth was sadder | Akin Olla
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I burst into tears when my friend tagged me in another Facebook post this morning. My friend died in 2021. The bot or scammer that had taken over his account was using it to promote weight-loss pills...
Most social media companies make their money by collecting our information and pipelining their ads right in between wedding announcements and baby pictures...
Our profit-driven economic system pushes social media companies to digitize and monopolize our social lives. This same engine drives scammers to seek out every means of exploiting our weaknesses for their benefit.
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