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   Jeffrey Walton to All   
   [telecom] OT: A Whistleblower Says Faceb   
   18 Sep 20 03:19:59   
   
   e77608d4   
   From: noloader@gmail.com   
      
   Facebook ignored or was slow to act on evidence that fake accounts on   
   its platform have been undermining elections and political affairs   
   around the world, according to an explosive memo sent by a recently   
   fired Facebook employee and obtained by BuzzFeed News.   
      
   The 6,600-word memo, written by former Facebook data scientist Sophie   
   Zhang, is filled with concrete examples of heads of government and   
   political parties in Azerbaijan and Honduras using fake accounts or   
   misrepresenting themselves to sway public opinion. In countries   
   including India, Ukraine, Spain, Brazil, Bolivia, and Ecuador, she   
   found evidence of coordinated campaigns of varying sizes to boost or   
   hinder political candidates or outcomes, though she did not always   
   conclude who was behind them...   
      
   "I have personally made decisions that affected national presidents   
   without oversight, and taken action to enforce against so many   
   prominent politicians globally that I've lost count," she wrote...   
      
   https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/craigsilverman/facebook-ign   
   re-political-manipulation-whistleblower-memo   
      
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