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originally posted by: YouSir
a reply to: Grambler
Ummm...whew...I thought you kicked the bucket...glad to see you kicked it down the road instead...
I totally concur with your thoughts on this...
The left have left the building...
YouSir
A former Obama campaign official is claiming that Facebook knowingly allowed them to mine massive amounts of Facebook data — more than they would’ve allowed someone else to do — because they were supportive of the campaign.
In a Sunday tweet thread, Carol Davidson, former director of integration and media analytics for Obama for America, said the 2012 campaign led Facebook to “suck out the whole social graph” and target potential voters. They would then use that data to do things like append their email lists.
originally posted by: Grambler
Lets take the russian bot example. So we are to believe that a few people making bots that are pushing a pro russian narrative on Facebook and twitter has the ability to steal an election, but these platforms being ran by democrat or left wing supporters that routinely censor right wing and constantly push pro democrat messages is of no consequence?
Scott+Scott Attorneys at Law LLP ("Scott+Scott"), a national shareholder and consumer rights litigation firm, is investigating whether Facebook, Inc. ("Facebook" or the "Company") (NASDAQ:FB) or certain of its officers and directors violated federal securities or other laws. If you are a Facebook stockholder, you are encouraged to contact a Scott+Scott attorney at (844) 818-6982 for more information. The investigation centers around Facebook's management of user data. On March 17, 2018, The New York Times reported that voter-profiling company Cambridge Analytica ("Cambridge") "harvested private information from the Facebook profiles of more than 50 million users without their permission, according to former Cambridge employees, associates and documents, making it one of the largest data leaks in the social network's history." The next day, March 18, 2018, the Massachusetts Attorney General said her office was launching an investigation into Facebook. On March 19, 2018, European Union officials also said they would investigate.
originally posted by: Harpua
I think my concern is more about the "post truth world" where both sides get inundated with stories designed to rile us up and divide us even more than we are, which I believe is already happening. They want us angry or afraid of each other as opposed to "them".
My honest belief is that the so called "deep state" doesn't really care that much about dems vs cons as much as they care about the money flowing their way, which the perpetual war machine accomplishes. But to have perpetual war, you need people to take sides and get pissed or scared.
We are caught in the middle of a battle over our minds.
Which is creepy
originally posted by: Grambler
The same is true of the Cambridge analytica story. The dems are appalled that a right wing group could get access (legally of course) to facebook users info and then use that to help with elections, but the fact that the platforms themselves are ran by left leaning people that do this all of the time is totally innocent and fine.
originally posted by: Harpua
Can you see past the left right divide or are you going to just blame everyone else for your problems?
This type of data harvesting is a big brother nightmare for everyone.
originally posted by: Grambler
That behavior is now being modeled with media and social media, we arent seeing violence yet, but the cries for censorship and actual censoring of conservatives and even left wing non establishment views is increasing every day.
originally posted by: IgnoranceIsntBlisss
originally posted by: Grambler
That behavior is now being modeled with media and social media, we arent seeing violence yet, but the cries for censorship and actual censoring of conservatives and even left wing non establishment views is increasing every day.
They got you speaking binary partisan.
A more complete and more damning way to put it is, they're censoring any and all non-progressive viewpoints (especially those critical of progressive viewpoints / actions / Democrat politicians).