Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.scot/@simon_brooke" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>simon_brooke</span></a></span> that assumes several things that are proven wrong:</p><ol><li><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TechBros" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TechBros</span></a> didn't knew their <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Algorithms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Algorithms</span></a> (they do!)</p></li><li><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/GAFAMs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GAFAMs</span></a> were unable to change what gets <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/boosted" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>boosted</span></a> by their own Algorithms. (OFC they can!)</p></li><li><p>The same companies didn't knew the directly-linked damage they can if not cause, at least amplify (see <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/RohingyaGenocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RohingyaGenocide</span></a> in <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Burma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Burma</span></a>)</p></li><li><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TechBro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TechBro</span></a>|s in <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SiliconValley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SiliconValley</span></a> weren't <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/facist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>facist</span></a> to begin with (I mean, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PeterThiel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PeterThiel</span></a> is more of a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/norm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>norm</span></a> than <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/exception" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>exception</span></a>!)</p></li><li><p>That they never before sided with a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/POTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>POTUS</span></a> (In fact, they platformed <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> and his <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/cult" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cult</span></a>|ist <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/followers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>followers</span></a> even after their failed <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Coup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Coup</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/HighTreason" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HighTreason</span></a>!)</p></li><li><p>Said <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CEO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CEO</span></a>|s and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CTO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CTO</span></a>|s are powerless to stop any of this (in fact, they could force Trump to resign if they wanted to!)</p></li><li><p>That Trump exerts control over them (He could as.per <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CloudAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CloudAct</span></a> but let's be honest, they control him more than he can control them!)</p></li><li><p>That <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TechCompanies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TechCompanies</span></a> from the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> didn't endorse and platform <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/facists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>facists</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/authoritatians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authoritatians</span></a> (espechally in the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EU</span></a>) until then.</p></li><li><p>That the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> became hostile over night.</p></li></ol>