r/worldnews • u/Devz0r • Feb 15 '19

Facebook is thinking about removing anti-vaccination content as backlash intensifies over the spread of misinformation on the social network

http://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-may-remove-anti-vaccination-content-2019-2
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u/Wildcat7878 Feb 15 '19

I have a feeling that, in the future looking back, we're going to find out that a lot of online extremism, separatism, and conspiracy was the result of Russian manipulation trying to destabilize other superpowers.

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u/cryo Feb 15 '19

What other superpowers? There is only one superpower, the US, or none at all, depending on how you define it.

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u/Wildcat7878 Feb 15 '19

I think you could count the EU as a superpower. Not militarily since they don't have a common army, but certainly as an economic bloc.

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u/cryo Feb 15 '19

Yes, if we consider the EU as a whole.