Posted on 03/25/2018 9:48:17 AM PDT by John Semmens
The revelation that a firm working for the 2016 Trump presidential campaign used FaceBook data to aid his election sparked a heavy dose of remorse from founder Mark Zuckerberg. He apologized profusely “for betraying the values and efforts of President Obama to create a just and noble society for everyone.”
A particularly aggravating aspect of the Trump campaign’s use of data mining techniques via FaceBook was its similarity to what the Obama presidential campaign of 2012 did. “When Obama’s people approached me on the topic of extracting personal data for political purposes, I thought, we’re for the same things, and I was glad to help out,” Zuckerburg said. “I never considered the possibility that someone else with contradictory political beliefs could replicate Obama’s genius. I’m so sorry.”
Zuckerburg admitted that “my naive assumption that freedom of speech would be enough for good ideas to win out was a big mistake. My people have the skills to subtly impose censorship. We’re doing that now through a variety of algorithms. Results over the past few months have been encouraging. The spread of conservative messages has been diminished while to spread of progressive and corporate content has increased. I just hope it isn’t too late to undo the damage already done.”
The social network mogul also suggested that “my firm’s efforts be formalized via government regulations that establish my algorithms as THE STANDARD for determining what can and can’t be posted on any site on the web. FaceBook has two billion users, but there are five billion people using other methods of communicating. If the government were to mandate that everyone use FaceBook, like they mandated that everyone have Obamacare, I’m confident that I could guarantee that everyone is properly informed on all the critical issues.”
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He would not have had to ‘apologize’ if facebook had been used to help hilLIARy win- they would have been celebrating it.
WHERE WAS ZUCKERBERG when the Obama campaign used Facebook as a campaign tool in 2012?
Buying another used tee shirt?
Obama suggested to his supporters: “Why not try sifting through my supporters’ Facebook pages in search of friends
who might be on my campaign’s list of the most persuadable voters? Then my campaign could ask the self-identified supporters to bring their undecided friends along."
The Facebook looting, as the Obamatons saw it, could also (A) get supporters to urge friends to register to vote,
(B) to vote early, (C) to volunteer, and, (D) donate, observed a 2013 NYT story about Obama’s reelection campaign.
Add to that obscenity, the confession by a former Obama campaign parasite that they basically took whatever they wanted from Facebook, with Facebook’s blessing.
As the criticism of Trump escalates in recent reports, you recognize that the ultra-liberal Zuckerberg has stupidly enforced double standards, never expecting to get caught.
Let’s see....last report was that Facebook lost $50 BILLION in value......and counting.
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