Facebook Isn’t Big Tobacco; It’s More Like Chernobyl

Like nuclear energy, social media generates power, but its use also requires strict guardrails.

Micah Sifry
OneZero
Published in
6 min readNov 11, 2021

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Photo by Vladyslav Cherkasenko on Unsplash

Facebook has taken Big Tobacco’s playbook.”— Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), September 30, 2021.

A part of me feels like I’m interviewing the head of a tobacco company right now.” —…

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Micah Sifry
OneZero

Co-founder Civic Hall. Publisher of The Connector newsletter (theconnector.substack.com)