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Facebook now hated by the media because it proved that the "Russian collusion" story is false
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2018 Apr 2, 9:28pm 10,578 views 49 comments
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komputodo
2018 Apr 4, 7:24am
komputodo
2018 Apr 4, 7:24am
marcus says
ok then, is it only a problem if there was anti-clinton propaganda on FB by russians, or does that also include russian-americans (or for that matter, anyone that posts anti-clinton propaganda)?
What if you had only a mild "maybe" belief (opinion ? bias ?) that Clinton is a criminal, and then see several BS facebook stories about her murders, or pizza gate, or whatever, confirming your bias and making you somehow now so opposed to Hillary that you could even vote for Trump, a known pathological liar and blowhard con artist.
ok then, is it only a problem if there was anti-clinton propaganda on FB by russians, or does that also include russian-americans (or for that matter, anyone that posts anti-clinton propaganda)?
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CBOEtrader
2018 Apr 4, 9:36am
CBOEtrader
2018 Apr 4, 9:36am
bob2356 says
Source?
bob2356 says
Again, source? They posted memes, such as jesus armwresting hrc. Memes are not news.
bob2356 says
You aremaking up a narrative. They were sowing dischord. They posted memes for both sides, mostly done after the election. It looks a lot more like a clickbait business model rather than a psy-op.
bob2356 says
Zero bombshells regarding Trump so far, give it up. You lost. Grow up and move on.
Russian intelligence spending millions on thousands of fake accounts
Source?
bob2356 says
filled with fake news
Again, source? They posted memes, such as jesus armwresting hrc. Memes are not news.
bob2356 says
to influence the elections
You aremaking up a narrative. They were sowing dischord. They posted memes for both sides, mostly done after the election. It looks a lot more like a clickbait business model rather than a psy-op.
bob2356 says
There has been so many BOMBSHELL revelation of
Zero bombshells regarding Trump so far, give it up. You lost. Grow up and move on.
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MisdemeanorRebel
2018 Apr 4, 9:43am
MisdemeanorRebel
2018 Apr 4, 9:43am
komputodo says
How about Indian or Nigerian Troll Farms, Bots, and others? Mein Gott there were and are a ton of fake accounts and bots out there for Hillary and the DNC, respectively. Sometimes you had 2000 twitter accounts saying the exact same thing within minutes of each other.
ok then, is it only a problem if there was anti-clinton propaganda on FB by russians, or does that also include russian-americans (or for that matter, anyone that posts anti-clinton propaganda)?
How about Indian or Nigerian Troll Farms, Bots, and others? Mein Gott there were and are a ton of fake accounts and bots out there for Hillary and the DNC, respectively. Sometimes you had 2000 twitter accounts saying the exact same thing within minutes of each other.
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MisdemeanorRebel
2018 Apr 4, 9:45am
MisdemeanorRebel
2018 Apr 4, 9:45am
bob2356 says
Well, if States like Washington vetted voters instead of using the honor system, we might be able to track it.
Unfortunately, they know that vetting creates evidence, so they don't vet.
"Why would they want to find out?" - Teamster Boss, Casino.
How is the search for 8 million illegal votes going?
Well, if States like Washington vetted voters instead of using the honor system, we might be able to track it.
Unfortunately, they know that vetting creates evidence, so they don't vet.
"Why would they want to find out?" - Teamster Boss, Casino.
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Ceffer
2018 Apr 4, 9:53am
Ceffer
2018 Apr 4, 9:53am
People are turning on Facebook because it used notions of benign concern, friendship, and positive community values to cynically exploit the people who became involved with it. Sure, they are suckers, but even stupid people and suckers can wake up eventually, and the backlash can be a bitch.
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FortWayne
2018 Apr 4, 10:03am
FortWayne
2018 Apr 4, 10:03am
Democrats will not tolerate anyone speaking against their fake news.
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MisdemeanorRebel
2018 Apr 4, 10:47am
MisdemeanorRebel
2018 Apr 4, 10:47am
There was an article saying Trump won't be able to use his Twitter Judo on Amazon/WaPo/Bezos.
Did anybody think a year or so ago, that Facebook would be hated by the Left and fall down to the level of Comcast in the public's regard?
To the contrary, Facebook was getting accolades for their "Fact Checking".
Now look at Youtube. The MSM of course hates youtube because dudes with a cheap embedded laptop camera have more views than some professional programs with million of dollars in salaries and production costs - and in the demographic advertisers care about most. Youtube began hiding content that wasn't advertiser friendly and demonetizing political videos of all kinds because advertisers don't like them, pulling down innocent content like Nasim's because it probably had "Iran" in the title, as in "Iranian Recipes with Dandelion Flowers - So Vegan!".
Youtube is now losing reputation, and fast.
Don't think for a minute Amazon and WaPo can't be brought low.
These things have been perculating a long time, and long periods of inaction are often followed by short periods of intense change and upheaval. We're living in one of those. Yesterday's common wisdom is out the door.
Question Authority, esp. Old Boomers who haven't revisted their attitudes since Mondale ran for President.
Did anybody think a year or so ago, that Facebook would be hated by the Left and fall down to the level of Comcast in the public's regard?
To the contrary, Facebook was getting accolades for their "Fact Checking".
Now look at Youtube. The MSM of course hates youtube because dudes with a cheap embedded laptop camera have more views than some professional programs with million of dollars in salaries and production costs - and in the demographic advertisers care about most. Youtube began hiding content that wasn't advertiser friendly and demonetizing political videos of all kinds because advertisers don't like them, pulling down innocent content like Nasim's because it probably had "Iran" in the title, as in "Iranian Recipes with Dandelion Flowers - So Vegan!".
Youtube is now losing reputation, and fast.
Don't think for a minute Amazon and WaPo can't be brought low.
These things have been perculating a long time, and long periods of inaction are often followed by short periods of intense change and upheaval. We're living in one of those. Yesterday's common wisdom is out the door.
Question Authority, esp. Old Boomers who haven't revisted their attitudes since Mondale ran for President.
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bob2356
2018 Apr 4, 11:11am
CBOEtrader says
Sure, right. After all hillary has such a long history of saying such nice things about russia and Trump didn't spend the whole campaign sucking putin's balls. I'm sure that the only thought the rusisans had was making sure that each candidate was treated equally. ROFLOL.
CBOEtrader says
Huh, who was talking about trump bombshells?, Trump is one long continuous non stop self bombshell. You guys have been posting about hillary/obama bombshells for almost 2 years. Yet nothing has happened. Doesn't trump care about America? How can he have these two criminals running loose so long. What happened to prosecute criminal hillary the first day in office? Where are all the illegal votes? Where is the wall? Why do we still have obamacare? Why are we still in 2 wars, actually 3 since we are in syra? What happened to the FANTASTIC team of people trump put together to MAGA?
My candidate lost in the republican primary. Hillary and Trump both suck equally. Trump was a fucking joke in the 80's and isn't any better now. Somehow he managed to bankrupt some of the top commercial properties in Manhattan multiple times. Then he bankrupted casino's. A casino is a business where people walk in and hand you money with no expectations of anything in return. How can anyone fuck that up? If it wasn't for daddy's huge bank account and daddy pulling in favors to get a lot of government money for trump projects (trump is just more republican who believes government spending on other people is wasteful) he would be a busboy at margo de lago.
Sorry dude I don't have to move on anywhere. I'm free to point out that trump is a shit president any time I like.
bob2356 saysto influence the elections
You aremaking up a narrative. They were sowing dischord. They posted memes for both sides, mostly done after the election. It looks a lot more like a clickbait business model rather than a psy-op.
Sure, right. After all hillary has such a long history of saying such nice things about russia and Trump didn't spend the whole campaign sucking putin's balls. I'm sure that the only thought the rusisans had was making sure that each candidate was treated equally. ROFLOL.
CBOEtrader says
bob2356 saysThere has been so many BOMBSHELL revelation of
Zero bombshells regarding Trump so far, give it up. You lost. Grow up and move on.
Huh, who was talking about trump bombshells?, Trump is one long continuous non stop self bombshell. You guys have been posting about hillary/obama bombshells for almost 2 years. Yet nothing has happened. Doesn't trump care about America? How can he have these two criminals running loose so long. What happened to prosecute criminal hillary the first day in office? Where are all the illegal votes? Where is the wall? Why do we still have obamacare? Why are we still in 2 wars, actually 3 since we are in syra? What happened to the FANTASTIC team of people trump put together to MAGA?
My candidate lost in the republican primary. Hillary and Trump both suck equally. Trump was a fucking joke in the 80's and isn't any better now. Somehow he managed to bankrupt some of the top commercial properties in Manhattan multiple times. Then he bankrupted casino's. A casino is a business where people walk in and hand you money with no expectations of anything in return. How can anyone fuck that up? If it wasn't for daddy's huge bank account and daddy pulling in favors to get a lot of government money for trump projects (trump is just more republican who believes government spending on other people is wasteful) he would be a busboy at margo de lago.
Sorry dude I don't have to move on anywhere. I'm free to point out that trump is a shit president any time I like.
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CBOEtrader
2018 Apr 4, 12:27pm
CBOEtrader
2018 Apr 4, 12:27pm
bob2356 says
Sure, thats an opinion.
OTOH, your entire point above was russia influencing the election via FB bots in favor of trump, which there so far is zero evidence for.
Both FB's and our own GOVT's assessment was that the election was in no way affected. FB VP went so far as to suggest the election could not possibly have been affected given the bipartisan nature and post election timing.
LOLZ at people who think $50k of facebook ads can influence an election.
You are both ignoring the assessment of all the expert opinions we've heard so far AND you are pretending there is evidence which doesnt exist, all the while fantasizing that a tiny operation of rogue internet trolls somehow not only out influenced George Soros's billions, the MSM's straight anti trump propaganda, and HRC's extra $billion spent.... nah $50k of FB meme ads are somehow not just relevant, but the core of Trump's nefarious plans w Putin to usurp power from the rightful HRC heir.
This is such utter stupidity, so hard not to LOLZ at you.
I'm free to point out that trump is a shit president
Sure, thats an opinion.
OTOH, your entire point above was russia influencing the election via FB bots in favor of trump, which there so far is zero evidence for.
Both FB's and our own GOVT's assessment was that the election was in no way affected. FB VP went so far as to suggest the election could not possibly have been affected given the bipartisan nature and post election timing.
LOLZ at people who think $50k of facebook ads can influence an election.
You are both ignoring the assessment of all the expert opinions we've heard so far AND you are pretending there is evidence which doesnt exist, all the while fantasizing that a tiny operation of rogue internet trolls somehow not only out influenced George Soros's billions, the MSM's straight anti trump propaganda, and HRC's extra $billion spent.... nah $50k of FB meme ads are somehow not just relevant, but the core of Trump's nefarious plans w Putin to usurp power from the rightful HRC heir.
This is such utter stupidity, so hard not to LOLZ at you.
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MisdemeanorRebel
2018 Apr 4, 12:59pm
MisdemeanorRebel
2018 Apr 4, 12:59pm
CBOEtrader says
Versus a $1.3B Hillary War chest and a daily ad spend in the millions across every media platform available from billboards to broadcast ads to social media.
LOLZ at people who think $50k of facebook ads can influence an election.
Versus a $1.3B Hillary War chest and a daily ad spend in the millions across every media platform available from billboards to broadcast ads to social media.
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MisdemeanorRebel
2018 Apr 4, 1:59pm
MisdemeanorRebel
2018 Apr 4, 1:59pm
Ah, the river in Egypt. They don't have a damned thing on Trump.
They only have a Hail Mary Pass left, which is to get Trump to be interviewed and how they find something, anything, to get him on a Perjury Charge
As any lawyer will tell you, only a retarded person who wants to be unjustly punished agrees to interviews with Federal Investigators.
They only have a Hail Mary Pass left, which is to get Trump to be interviewed and how they find something, anything, to get him on a Perjury Charge
As any lawyer will tell you, only a retarded person who wants to be unjustly punished agrees to interviews with Federal Investigators.
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Shaman
2018 Apr 4, 2:04pm
Shaman
2018 Apr 4, 2:04pm
Tim Aurora says
Wow that is sure a bombshell! So Facebook didn’t find any evidence to clear three guys of lying on their taxes and lying to the FBI (about what? Nobody even knows). That’s quite a statement! Not sure what it has to do with anything though!
Nothing we found contradicts the Special Counsel’s indictments. Any suggestion otherwise is wrong.”
Wow that is sure a bombshell! So Facebook didn’t find any evidence to clear three guys of lying on their taxes and lying to the FBI (about what? Nobody even knows). That’s quite a statement! Not sure what it has to do with anything though!
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CBOEtrader
2018 Apr 4, 4:35pm
CBOEtrader
2018 Apr 4, 4:35pm
Tim Aurora says
It is his expert opinion that the FB ads in question could not have influenced the election. We are saying the same thing
He has no idea what Russia is doing and this is his personal opinion.
It is his expert opinion that the FB ads in question could not have influenced the election. We are saying the same thing
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Patrick
2018 Apr 4, 4:53pm
Patrick
2018 Apr 4, 4:53pm
CBOEtrader says
Any not just any expert, but the head of Facebook ads.
Either way, most of the ads were placed after the election, and the media still downplays this fact.
It is his expert opinion that the FB ads in question could not have influenced the election.
Any not just any expert, but the head of Facebook ads.
Either way, most of the ads were placed after the election, and the media still downplays this fact.
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MisdemeanorRebel
2018 Apr 4, 5:28pm
MisdemeanorRebel
2018 Apr 4, 5:28pm
Speaking of Facebook, anybody seen hide nor hair of Sheryl Sandberg? No doubt keeping her distance for her next job at CEO of Google or Apple.
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Patrick
2018 Apr 5, 10:07am
Patrick
2018 Apr 5, 10:07am
Leftist media is still very angry at Facebook for proving the Russia story was fraudulent. Another attack on Facebook from the NY Times:
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/03/opinion/facebook-fix-replace.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/03/opinion/facebook-fix-replace.html
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komputodo
2018 Apr 5, 2:20pm
komputodo
2018 Apr 5, 2:20pm
CBOEtrader says
just as the founding fathers intended. I think we learned that in elementary school.
I'm free to point out that trump is a shit president
just as the founding fathers intended. I think we learned that in elementary school.
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komputodo
2018 Apr 5, 2:21pm
komputodo
2018 Apr 5, 2:21pm
TwoScoopsPlissken says
This is where the morons chime in with " what are you afraid of if you have nothing to hide".
As any lawyer will tell you, only a retarded person who wants to be unjustly punished agrees to interviews with Federal Investigators.
This is where the morons chime in with " what are you afraid of if you have nothing to hide".
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MisdemeanorRebel
2018 Apr 6, 10:28am
MisdemeanorRebel
2018 Apr 6, 10:28am
And now, Facebook has been data mining your Medical Conditions. Turns out they were collaborating with Hospital Groups to collaborate their posts to their Medical Records.
Did you tell anybody about your athlete's foot, complain about your bad back, while writing about your alcohol consumption, etc.?
Remember the "Real Name" campaign to get all Social Media users to use their full name ? That wasn't for abuse, that was for matching data.
Zuckerberg should be nervous, but while Replicants have longer lives these days, but don't have sweat glands.
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/18/04/05/1837234/facebook-was-in-talks-with-top-hospitals-until-last-month-to-share-data-of-most-vulnerable-patients
Did you tell anybody about your athlete's foot, complain about your bad back, while writing about your alcohol consumption, etc.?
Remember the "Real Name" campaign to get all Social Media users to use their full name ? That wasn't for abuse, that was for matching data.
Zuckerberg should be nervous, but while Replicants have longer lives these days, but don't have sweat glands.
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/18/04/05/1837234/facebook-was-in-talks-with-top-hospitals-until-last-month-to-share-data-of-most-vulnerable-patients
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MrMagic
2018 Apr 6, 10:35am
MrMagic
2018 Apr 6, 10:35am
"It's Possible" Facebook Will Discover More Data Breaches, Sandberg Says.
A day after Facebook admitted that the personal data of up to 87 million users may have been improperly accessed by Cambridge Analytica, COO Sheryl Sandberg admitted during an appearance on the Today Show that it's extremely likely more data breaches will be discovered.
Sandberg also repeated the company line that Facebook "should've checked" - via a data audit - to make sure CA deleted the data which it told Facebook that it had done. The company is now carrying out these audits with many third-party developers who had accessed Facebook's data.
Like Zuckerberg, Sandberg refused to take responsibility for Facebook's handling of the situation - repeatedly insisting the company had been misled.
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-04-06/sheryl-sandberg-its-possible-facebook-will-discover-more-data-breaches
A day after Facebook admitted that the personal data of up to 87 million users may have been improperly accessed by Cambridge Analytica, COO Sheryl Sandberg admitted during an appearance on the Today Show that it's extremely likely more data breaches will be discovered.
Sandberg also repeated the company line that Facebook "should've checked" - via a data audit - to make sure CA deleted the data which it told Facebook that it had done. The company is now carrying out these audits with many third-party developers who had accessed Facebook's data.
Like Zuckerberg, Sandberg refused to take responsibility for Facebook's handling of the situation - repeatedly insisting the company had been misled.
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-04-06/sheryl-sandberg-its-possible-facebook-will-discover-more-data-breaches
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MisdemeanorRebel
2018 Apr 6, 12:03pm
MisdemeanorRebel
2018 Apr 6, 12:03pm
If anybody believes Facebook was mislead... I have a bridge for sale.
Hopefully somebody will ask about Obama's 2012 Data Usage. It's been leaked that they went much further than Facebook permitted, Facebook found out, and "Forgave" the Obama Campaign. "We're on your side."
Hopefully somebody will ask about Obama's 2012 Data Usage. It's been leaked that they went much further than Facebook permitted, Facebook found out, and "Forgave" the Obama Campaign. "We're on your side."
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MrMagic
2018 Apr 6, 12:26pm
MrMagic
2018 Apr 6, 12:26pm
TwoScoopsPlissken says
If, after learning of all this personal data siphoning by Facebook, if anyone believes it's NOT a NSA or CIA data gathering operation, I have bridge for sale too!
and the craziest part, people voluntarily provided all that data, either by directly entering it in Facebook, or allowing the app to "vacuum" ever piece of data and personal connections on your phone.
I have a bridge for sale.
If, after learning of all this personal data siphoning by Facebook, if anyone believes it's NOT a NSA or CIA data gathering operation, I have bridge for sale too!
and the craziest part, people voluntarily provided all that data, either by directly entering it in Facebook, or allowing the app to "vacuum" ever piece of data and personal connections on your phone.
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Patrick
2018 Apr 6, 1:07pm
Patrick
2018 Apr 6, 1:07pm
It all reminds me of the naive animals on the Galapagos Islands. When the first humans showed up, they were astonished that the animals had no fear of humans at all. They didn't detect the danger.
Then the humans would rip their heads off and eat their bodies.
Takes a while for evolution/selection to kick in. Basically you have to educate the naive, or let them be wiped out and replaced with animals that are not so naive.
Facebook is the predator, and the users are the idiot animals from the Galapagos.
Then the humans would rip their heads off and eat their bodies.
Takes a while for evolution/selection to kick in. Basically you have to educate the naive, or let them be wiped out and replaced with animals that are not so naive.
Facebook is the predator, and the users are the idiot animals from the Galapagos.
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Now the media is painfully embarrassed about being caught in their lie, and this makes them angry at Facebook.
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/02/17/facebooks-vp-of-ads-says-russian-meddling-aimed-to-divide-us.html
What's truly amazing is the inability of the media to admit that the American people elected Trump in a free and fair election. Since their defective candidate lost, they make up fake news and spin in circles looking for someone to blame.