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Reminds of various stories where fans were disappointed:

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nba/2016/12/15/lebron-james-no-show-stings-fans-grizzlies-cavaliers/95460652/
https://www.cleveland.com/cavs/index.ssf/2017/03/lebron_james_kyrie_irving_defe.html
https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/12/15/16/nba-lebron-james-fan-left-disappointed-after-cavs-rest-star

Facebook is committed to answer to the US government as it is an American company and conducts business under its regulatory control.

But what about in countries where almost the entire citizenry relies on Facebook as its primary source of information? One of these is the Philippines, where once tabloids and tv dominated, today Facebook is THE biggest medium to disseminate information, thanks to the mobile phone and subsidized access to Facebook courtesy of the telco duopoly.

Duterte's campaign team used it to propel a known murderer into the presidency, whereby he immediately implemented his War on Drugs which has since claimed over 12,000 lives. His first two years in office has also seen the economy plummet to new lows, with inflation at its highest in close to a decade and currently the highest in asia.

And now that Duterte's social media propaganda is state-sponsored, you can then understand why his approval ratings are the highest in history. This is even if his sound bites make Trump sound like Anne Frank in comparison (even more so in the vernacular).

I am unsure if Facebook will be able to fix itself because if it doesn't, you can very well imagine what the consequences are for Filipinos.

As if we dont know how this will turn out. 'whats your is mine'.

http://www.laht.com/article.as...
https://www.washingtonpost.com...
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-...
http://www.miamiherald.com/new...
https://www.nytimes.com/2009/0...
http://www.scmp.com/news/world...
http://news.abs-cbn.com/overse...

Philippines, the call center capital of the world, since 2010.