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It's okay to have a political opinion; let's just be careful about where we broadcast it.
The first computers were database machines, used for national census tabulation. They were also used to target the Jews in several nations for the Holocaust.
Facebook and the other major Social Media Networks are databases, far more detailed than in World War II. They are used thousands of times a second to target advertising.
Find out more in IBM and the Holocaust by Edwin Black: https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/books/first/b/black-ibm.html
@MaineStreams I agree. When I read this, I thought of something else, Bill gates was a strong supporter of the IBM and also did work for them. Then we look at what he is doing today and I think there is more to it than meets the eye.