Posted on 06/03/2019 7:27:18 AM PDT by bitt
The Daily Beast recently doxed a black forklift driver and reported Trump supporter for the alleged high crime of creating a parody video of Democrat speaker of the house Nancy Pelosi. But there’s more to the story — it appears Facebook may have helped the left-wing journalists identify him.
The Daily Beast identified the video creator as Shawn Brooks, whom they described as a forklift driver and Trump supporter from the Bronx.
A Twitter account claiming to be Brooks disputed key details of the story, claiming he is not a Trump supporter, did not create the parody video, and does not live in the Bronx.
By doxing Brooks, The Daily Beast followed the example of CNN, which threatened to unmask an anonymous Trump supporter over a parody video, forcing to him apologize in exchange for not revealing his identity. The scandal caused “CNNBlackmail” to trend on Twitter.
But there’s another aspect to the Daily Beast story which has major implications for the privacy of Facebook users — according to the Daily Beast reporter himself, Facebook gave him information on Brooks’ activity on the platform.
Via the Daily Beast:
It’s conceivable that someone else actually edited the clip. But a Facebook official, confirming a Daily Beast investigation, said the video was first posted on Politics WatchDog directly from Brooks’ personal Facebook account. [emphasis ours]
If the Daily Beast’s description of Facebook’s actions is accurate, Facebook compromised the privacy of one of its users, handing over information on his activity to a journalist who was clearly engaged in a politically motivated hatchet-job.
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The management of Facebook are all
VERY VERY VERY BAD PEOPLE!
I have had first-hand experience of this.
Easy - sue facebook too... add ‘em to the list.
FB should be sued into bankruptcy..................
It’s well past time to look into systematic initiatives by Big Tech to manipulate domestic politics.
Within the next six months, some fair alternative to FB and Twitter has to be released. Next summer, both of them will shut down Trump, just in time to mess with the next election. We have to be prepared.
I’ve never liked Mark Zuckerberg. That is why I have never facebooked.
Press gets too close....bear spray and black paint.
bkmk
Liberals are guilty of projection. They blame everyone else for systemic oppression and abuse of power.
A black forklift driver in New York posts a mild mocking video of Pelosi. Facebook outs him, and major press publications promote him as the day’s target for Two Minute Hate.
This IS systematic oppression.
I’ve never liked trusted Mark Zuckerberg.
That is why I have never facebooked.
Thank you for your correction.
Me, I just never wanted to deal with the things people seemed to be posting. For many Facebook brought an end to not being aware of the intimate details of random people’s lives. And the desire to broadcast all these factoids is of a piece with how so many have welcomed espionage devises into their home (Alexa etc) or stored all their stuff on someone else’s computer (the Cloud).
Tho may not make fun of our betters.... : )
I do hope they punish these crooks. They made billions on stock fraud with their IPO and Google and Facebook charge for fake clicks for advertisers.
He’s an arrogant, entitled little . . . .
I Facebook, but I don’t put anything on there about myself that would lead back to me as far as job prospects go or my landlord.
I don’t know how a “public utility” is defined, but I would think FaceBook and Twitter are every bit as much of a public utility as Verizon.
Verizon doesn’t judge your phone calls. They don’t decide: “You’re a Trump supporter — you can’t make phone calls any more.”
Verizon will respond to legal warrants, but typically doesn’t help the media find and harass Verizon customers who hold “imperfect thoughts”.
Facebook and Twitter should be deemed public utilities and should be open to all manner of lawsuits if they betray the public trust.
The whole premise upon which FB was created was used by frat boys rating their sexual exploits with women. That was the clincher for me.
When a true prophet of the Lord pours anointing oil on someone I will care, otherwise I just do not care who they or their daddy was or about the dignity of their office.
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