Facebook Weaponization with Drones? http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/03/04/us-facebook-titan-idUSBREA231KB20140304
Today Facebook announced its ambition to purchase Titan Aerospace (TA) for $60 M. And what’s the connection between social networking and drones, the specialty of TA? According to Facebook board member Asher Delung, who confirmed unauthorized leaks about the plan, the drones fit with Facebook’s efforts to spread social networking technology across the world to places without wireless Internet connectivity. http://techcrunch.com/2014/03/03/facebook-in-talks-to-acquire-drone-maker-titan-aerospace/
Analysts at http://HamiltonFinanceServices.com wonder aloud how private drones crossing Chinese, Korean, or Iranian airspace might be received. Will Facebook be perceived as a US surveillance puppet by hyper-defensive military forces? Will conservative Muslim or other religious groups find the cultural implications of Facebook acts of war against their religions?
Some social scientists argue that actions to change culture underlie war. http://archive.cyark.org/heritage-at-risk-acts-of-human-aggression-blog So, could Facebook’s planned drone broadcasts to promote social connectivity become a Western weapon of cultural destruction? What do you think?
