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Ocysellus
on Aug 9, 2019
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Facebook has been granted patent on shadow banning
Why do you think that Facebook decided to patent it now?
jedberg
on Aug 9, 2019
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Large tech companies try to patent anything they can do they can have a large portfolio to offer for cross licensing when they get sued.
Also they filed in 2012, it just took seven years to grant.
cryptonector
on Aug 9, 2019
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Employees often get paid a small bonus for each patent issued with them as authors.
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