Posted on 09/08/2017 12:16:35 PM PDT by Drew68
What a ridiculous notion, Mark Zuckerberg scoffed shortly after the election, that his social-media company — innocent, well-intentioned Facebook — could have helped Donald Trump’s win.
“Personally I think the idea that fake news on Facebook . . . influenced the election in any way — I think is a pretty crazy idea,” he said. “Voters make decisions based on their lived experience.”
In fact, voters make their decisions based on many factors, not just their “lived experience.”
Disinformation spread on Facebook clearly was one — a big one. That was obvious in November. It was obvious in April when Facebook, to its credit, announced some moves to combat the spread of lies in the form of news stories.
It’s even more obvious now after Wednesday’s news that Facebook sold ads during the campaign to a Russian “troll farm,” targeting American voters with “divisive social and political messages” that fit right in with Donald Trump’s campaign strategy.
The news, reported Wednesday by The Washington Post, fits right in with the findings of a fascinating recent study by Harvard’s Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society. Analyzing reams of data, it documented the huge role that propaganda, in various forms, played in the 2016 campaign.
“Attempts by the [Hillary] Clinton campaign to define her campaign on competence, experience, and policy positions were drowned out by coverage of alleged improprieties associated with the Clinton Foundation and emails,” the study said.
The Trump campaign masterfully manipulated these messages. Truth was not a requirement.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
So was it "fake news" and disinformation? No examples are given...
policy positions were drowned out by coverage of alleged improprieties associated with the Clinton Foundation and emails,” the study said.
Or was it not fake news but rather unflattering news regarding Hillary Clinton's integrity?
Either way, Zuckerberg is being roasted over the coals by his fellow liberals for his failure in muzzling pro-Trump/anti-Hillary Facebook ads.
Links at the source.
Why can’t 4chan, et.al. flush out some of these ads that Zukerbergman won’t release.
Zuckerberg was working for the Russians!
Disinformation and socialist propaganda is all the mainstream media publishes. MSM has been fake news for a very long time.
DUH...but that's another matter.
FuqZuckenCuck
Troll farming...up at the crack of dawn to spread propaganda.
Left wing propaganda is harmless ...even good for you.
But right wing propaganda is full of Russians.
It’s all about the Russians!
If this author was an Indian, his name would be Dripping Chin..
I saw by far more fake news and other postings against Trump than for him on Facebook during the campaign. It got to the point it was ridiculous and caused many family/friends feuds to break out that have not been settled.
Facebook did not help to get him elected, neither did FOX news or any other media. He got himself elected by speaking to we the people with a message we wanted to hear. That is just not believable to many though.
I thought it was Starbucks. NFL too.
Abandon Fecebook
Zuckerberg uses the wealth you provide to advocate for illegal aliens.
They’re trying to conflate Trump’s used of targeted facebook ads driven by big data with Russian conspiracyism.
To summarize:
HILLARY LOST THE ELECTION BECAUSE OF FACEBOOK!
[with the help of the russians]
Of course the unwashed masses are unable to think clearly and discern for themselves how and for whom to vote.
Which makes it all the more beautiful that they were undermined by Facebook and Twitter!
Hillary had a message of competence and experience to get out but she couldn't because everyone on Facebook and Twitter wanted to talk about emails and her corrupt Clinton Foundation slush fund --subjects the MSM wouldn't touch in a million years!
And now it's Zuckerberg's fault for not keeping this stuff off Facebook! LOL!!!
The Compost and rest of the msm just can’t accept that more voters than not saw her for the treasonous, corrupt harridan that she is.
The Fake News on Facebook was NOTHING compared to the Fake News on the front page of the Washington Post!
The Compost and rest of the msm just can’t accept that more voters than not saw her for the treasonous, corrupt harridan that she is.
LOL, or Swallows-a-lot.
Leftist are such control freaks. They can’t win the debate, and so they want to silence their opponents.
The Fake Stream News is so mad they no longer control the narrative.
Mark knows people will leave his platform faster if they censor real hard.
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