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Facebook fueled Stop the Steal (Original Post)
LessAspin
Oct 2021
OP
Thanks! And I remember that vet well, too - the story (like yours) was all over DU
Rhiannon12866
Oct 2021
#4
Anyone still believing FB is more good than evil is a co-conspirator in international sedition.
Alexander Of Assyria
Oct 2021
#5
Funtatlaguy
(10,870 posts)1. I'd add Rupert Murdoch to the equation...but yes.
Rhiannon12866
(205,317 posts)2. Twitter replies:
LessAspin
(1,153 posts)3. Cambridge Analytica
I recall reading back when Cambidge Analytica was first being exposed that those algorithms were only going to become more sophisticated and pervasive.
Thanks, Rhiannon
https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1016&pid=288038
https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=14702590
https://www.democraticunderground.com/103713419
Rhiannon12866
(205,317 posts)4. Thanks! And I remember that vet well, too - the story (like yours) was all over DU
Why anyone who was aware of that scandal would ever go back there was a mystery to me. And why it wasn't shut down after that blatant illegality and exposure of those who belonged there was a mystery to me, too.
Alexander Of Assyria
(7,839 posts)5. Anyone still believing FB is more good than evil is a co-conspirator in international sedition.
Still?
And, no, ignoring the very naughty very prevalent fascist bits and using only the good parts is no difference.
redstatebluegirl
(12,265 posts)6. Do not forget Twitter.
Just as guilty as Facebook, still is.