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Trump has run 2200 ads on Facebook that include the word "invasion" since May 2018 (Original Post) Grasswire2 Aug 2019 OP
Somehow he will deny it had anything to do with the BigmanPigman Aug 2019 #1
those are anti-American Trumper Terrorists Hermit-The-Prog Aug 2019 #2
Any doubts that the Russians are aiding and abetting? procon Aug 2019 #3
Alternative framing: assholes using Facebook have enabled an irresponsible corporation RockRaven Aug 2019 #4
I disagree. Grasswire2 Aug 2019 #7
That comparison ignores how Facebook knowingly targets ads, and knowingly markets said targeting RockRaven Aug 2019 #8
Who's paying Facebook to publish this bullshit? n/t KY_EnviroGuy Aug 2019 #5
Kick Demovictory9 Aug 2019 #6

BigmanPigman

(51,567 posts)
1. Somehow he will deny it had anything to do with the
Mon Aug 5, 2019, 01:25 AM
Aug 2019

American Terrorists and his cult will go out and buy more guns and support more GOP lackeys.

Hermit-The-Prog

(33,250 posts)
2. those are anti-American Trumper Terrorists
Mon Aug 5, 2019, 01:37 AM
Aug 2019

They believe in TrumPutin; not the U.S. Constitution. Trumper Terrorists are manufactured at the direction of TrumPutin, by Fox, Limbaugh, Sinclair and Jones.

procon

(15,805 posts)
3. Any doubts that the Russians are aiding and abetting?
Mon Aug 5, 2019, 01:57 AM
Aug 2019

Is the Russian Troll Army already ready hard at work on social networking websites, sharing Trump's message far and wide? Soon the hate with seem normal. The anti anything that Trump disapproves of will be savaged by his friendly Russian chat room guys, and that too will seem quite normal.

RockRaven

(14,899 posts)
4. Alternative framing: assholes using Facebook have enabled an irresponsible corporation
Mon Aug 5, 2019, 01:57 AM
Aug 2019

to profit from 2K+ ads from Trump using the word "invasion" since May 2018.

Trump is absolutely a bad guy here. But so is Facebook. And so are Facebook users -- you are enabling all the bad shit they do, whether they do it actively/knowingly or passively/unknowingly (it's mostly knowingly, btw, despite their "who, what, me, huh, wha?..." responses).

Grasswire2

(13,565 posts)
7. I disagree.
Mon Aug 5, 2019, 03:18 AM
Aug 2019

In effect, FB has become a utility in the same manner as Verizon or Comcast. Most people use it to communicate with family and friends. When we use our phones, we would never be thought responsible for the virulent communications that other users of the same services might send.

RockRaven

(14,899 posts)
8. That comparison ignores how Facebook knowingly targets ads, and knowingly markets said targeting
Mon Aug 5, 2019, 03:54 AM
Aug 2019

abilities to bad actors like Trump and even worse.

They know, in exquisite detail, where their money comes from. They know because it is achieved by conscious decisions, based on extensive research and data manipulation. They are not an amoral, oblivious, open platform. They are a manipulative, laser targeting, voracious, grossly irresponsible vector.

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