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|    [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              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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