Drug lord Joaquin ‘El Chapo’ Guzman had been framed by corrupt US and Mexican officials who let his chief lieutenant remain at large to lead the Sinaloa cartel instead, his defense claimed, at the start of the high-profile trial. Guzman was made a ‘scapegoat’ by a corrupt Mexican government in an American drug war, so […]
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Mark Zuckerberg Plays the Scapegoat for Our Facebook Sins
Philosopher René Girard’s theory of “mimetic desire” explains much of the Facebook congressional hearings. https://media.wired.com/photos/5ad129d31d78ea37df3abde5/master/pass/Ideas_Art_Kit-FINAL.jpg
The academic who helped Cambridge Analytica harvest Facebook data said he has been made into a ‘scapegoat’ (FB)
CNN Academic Aleksandr Kogan helped Cambridge Analytica harvest Facebook data — but complained that he’s been made a “scapegoat.” Kogan told the BBC that he was assured that what he was doing was legal. He also said that Cambridge Analytica exaggerated how accurate the harvested Facebook data was. LONDON (Reuters) – A Cambridge University academic […]
Trump’s scapegoat meeting with game industry reps doesn’t worry me
OPINION: On Thursday, representatives from the gaming industry including the Entertainment Software Association (ESA) will meet with President Donald Trump at the White House to discuss the relationship between video games and gun violence. This is part of Trump’s ongoing efforts to look like he is doing something following the mass-shooting event at Stoneman Douglas […]