Is Apple Versus the Fbi?

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Attorney generals from countries like australia, the u, k and the us. Are asking for an omission of an act versus adding a back door into inscription. And i mean, somehow it feels much less offensive. This business has established and built a platform, and it's done it in this way. We're not advocating that there should be incription. I just think we need o maybe think a little bit. The question is, nd to nd, is there any sort of point at which it was possible to view in on these things?

Ben and James discuss Facebook from multiple angles, including child sexual abuse material, encryption, Oculus, and a leaked all-hands meeting.

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Ben Thompson: Friction — Stratechery
The Internet Is Overrun With Images of Child Sexual Abuse. What Went Wrong? — New York Times
Ben Thompson: Child Sexual Abuse Material Online, The Problem With Community, Towards More Friction — Stratechery
Casey Newton: Read The Full Transcript of Mark Zuckerberg’s Leaked Internal Facebook Meetings — The Verge
Ben Thompson: Facebook’s All-Hands Leak, Facebook Versus Warren, Zuckerberg’s Culture
— Stratechery
Attorney General Bill Barr Will Ask Zuckerberg To Halt Plans For End-To-End Encryption Across Facebook’s Apps — BuzzFeed News
Ben Thompson: Facebook’s Privacy Cake — Stratechery
Ben Thompson: Beachheads and Obstacles — Stratechery
Ben Thompson: The Curse of Culture — Stratechery