“Facebook, Cigarette of the 21st Century”

The world’s largest social media platform Facebook An interesting article has been published about Sharing an article about the company, which has recently been in a difficult situation with both access problems and leaked information. the Guardian, for Facebook “cigarettes of the 21st century” used the phrases.

“Despite its own research and statements from former employees, the company cannot be trusted to stop the damage its products cause. One day Facebook about Are we going to think about it the way we think about cigarettes right now? Or is Facebook more like a gun lobby? Perhaps the alcohol industry could be closer and more appropriate to this. There is a harmful side to all three analogies. This parallelism problem it reveals.The article, called ”, emphasizes that in the 60s, research on cigarettes was hidden and nothing was done even though it was known to be dangerous.

Harm to young women reminded

The Guardian also referred to the striking research that emerged a while ago in its article for Facebook. “Facebook portrays itself as a platform to connect with friends and family, but it’s actually much more than that. dangerous. In the early 1960s, scientists working at cigarette manufacturer Reynolds to cause cancer found evidence of Meanwhile, rival cigarette company Philip Morris found numerous carcinogens in its products. But he did not make any of them public. Over the past 30 years, cigarette companies have made claims that smoking is harmful. denied, but their research showed the opposite.” expressions; The company referred to the research that emerged in the past months and revealed that it dragged young people into depression.

In the article written by Jonathan Freedland, it was emphasized that Facebook should also take action. “Finally, cigarette manufacturers against the law he bent his neck. But when he put profit-making ahead of people’s safety, along with decades of distrust and lies. they are too late and millions of people died. This time we can’t wait.” said Freedland, making his stance against Facebook very clear.