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Chris Hayes segment from Friday night on Facebook’s policies on Disinformation, is here.
Not only is Facebook protecting it, Chris details how Facebook is now participating in it:
Disinformation.
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Some rough highlights from the clip:
The recently stated Facebook Policy [as summarized by Chris Hayes]:
"We will not take down Ads with lies, from politicians."
Facebook Internal memo says that if they were to police Ads they could change the outcome of an entire election.
Facebook Executive says:
"It occurs to me that it [the Ad Policy] very well may lead to the same result" as the 2016 Election. [...]
The Facebook Executive goes on to rationalize their Ad Policy [as summarized by Chris Hayes]:
'If Facebook were to rein in disinformation, that would unfairly disadvantage Donald Trump.'
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Ben Collins, NBC Reporter tracking on-line disinformation, explains the latest attempt by Facebook of placing Fake News (propaganda) to promote their own 'even-handed image'.
That effort involves:
Facebook Executives placing a paid article and then promoting it as independent reporting "on how well Facebook is doing combating disinformation." This article was entitled:
"How Facebook is Helping Ensure the Integrity of the 2020 Election"
The article (in Teen Vogue) had no byline, no source -- although several images of young people (perhaps Facebook fact-checker props). The story/ad was in actually paid for by Facebook, as "sponsored content."
Facebook Executives promoted the article as "proof" that Facebook was combating disinformation. … by paying for, and anonymously placing Disinformation.
The All-In clip ends shortly after that discussion of the Sinclair-like self-prompting Disinformation, placed by Facebook itself [with no attribution]. However, in the live show last night, reporter Ben Collins goes on to explain how his reporting has uncovered suspicious close-ties (previously secret meetups) between Zuckerman and The “Disadvantaged” One himself …
Trump hosted Zuckerberg for undisclosed dinner at the White House in October
by Dylan Byers and Ben Collins, NBC News — 11/21/2019
President Donald Trump hosted a previously undisclosed dinner with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook board member Peter Thiel at the White House in October, the company told NBC News on Wednesday.
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The dinner was the second meeting between Zuckerberg and Trump in a month. Zuckerberg also met with the president in the Oval Office in a surprise meeting during a September visit to the capital.
Thiel, one of seven Facebook board members, is one of the few outspoken conservative figures in Silicon Valley. A major donor to Trump's campaign, Thiel is also the chairman of Palantir, a private data technology company that has become one of the largest recipients of government defense contracts with the United States government since Trump took office.
This is definitely an ominous development worth watching. Especially since Facebook Execs are now openly admitting they helped get Donald Trump elected 2016. And because they appear to be actively working to promote and facilitate that very same result again in 2020.
They’ve said They intend as much:
If Facebook were to rein in disinformation, that would unfairly disadvantage Donald Trump.
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These stinging replies, on Ben Collins Twitter stream, puts the situation far better than I ever could:
Is it too much to say:
Facebook is becoming the new RT — just another megaphone for liars, strongmen, and wantabee Dictators.
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