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How Facebook Manipulates Us Part 1: Why Facebook Exists

Facebook's number one goal is...

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Chris Martin
Aug 27, 2020
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I want to begin a short series breaking down how Facebook operates, specifically examining how it manipulates us, its users. Honestly, I’m not sure how long this series will end up being, but at the very least we’ll spend the next couple of weeks looking at Facebook’s predatory practices and how it has burrowed itself so deeply into our lives and poison…

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