[BNM] Death to s/facebook/fedbook and the great CIA social data mining exercise

[David Pashley]

On Jan 03, 2008 at 13:17, Pete Dowdell praised the llamas by saying:
> andrew holway wrote:
> > Sorry for the cross post but i think its important.
> >
> > Facebook is, as far as I can tell mostly owned by the CIA and the
> > American government. 
> 
> This has been a fascinating thread.  Thanks. 
> 
> However, did I miss some crucial link?  What's with the tinhat CIA 
> theories?  Is there a story here I missed? Links please etc.

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=10456534

Basically, Facebook recieved some funding from venture capitialists set
up by the CIA. In particular they specialised in funding data mining
companies.
> 
> Or if you can't be bothered, why not just select a suitable ad hominem 
> attack in line with the new 2008 BNM posting guidelines ;)
> 
> Pete

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