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> Even worse, if someone "near" you in an official Facebook VR space blocks or reports a user, even if you're just minding your own business, your behavior (including motions and speech) may be tracked by these same silent, invisible Facebook moderators. That data can be stored on Facebook's servers indefinitely without you being notified.

Yikes



If you are mean in the wrong way in moment of passion after missing a putt in a game of minigolf in Facebook Horizons, your Facebook small-business page may be shut down. For many people this could remove their livelihood entirely.

China's social credit system will need to keep pace or be horribly left behind.


Gotta love the XXI century.

Here I thought Google was the most ridiculous: if you post too many emojis on a YouTube livestream, you'll lose access to GMail, Google Drive, and all other services that are quite likely running your digital life and are important for your livelihood.


The answer is to stop relying on single large corporations for entire sections of your life without having alternatives present.

This is incredibly fitting for r/ABoringDystopia.




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