.. the builder speculates about how far away he can be and with how much money, before the buyer finds that the footings have, in fact, no feet, the septic tank is one foot deep with a tendency to flow backwards, and the bricks owe a lot to that most organic and venerable of all building materials, cow shit. The whole business traditionally begins with a plot, in every sense of the word.”
Terry Pratchett; Raising Steam
#Discworld #Plotters #MusksElectionPetition #SubvertingDemocracy

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#Facebook finally released its ad archive API. But the tool meets just 2 of experts’ 5 minimum standards—a failing grade.

As a result, Facebook prevents misinformation researchers from doing their jobs ahead of the 2019 EU Parliamentary elections:
https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2019/04/29/facebooks-ad-archive-api-is-inadequate/

#SurveillanceCapitalism #SubvertingDemocracy