Posted on 01/31/2020 11:09:38 AM PST by karpov
At a dinner last week in Davos, Switzerland, I was asked if I thought Facebook was behaving more responsibly today than it did during the 2016 presidential election.
“Not at all,” I answered. “Facebook helped Trump to get elected and I am afraid that it will do the same in 2020.” I explained that there is a longstanding law — Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act — that protects social media platforms from legal liability for defamation and similar claims. Facebook can post deliberately misleading or false statements by candidates for public office and others, and take no responsibility for them.
I went on to say that there appears to be “an informal mutual assistance operation or agreement developing between Trump and Facebook” in which Facebook will help President Trump to get re-elected and Mr. Trump will, in turn, defend Facebook against attacks from regulators and the media.
“This is just plain wrong,” a Facebook spokesman told Business Insider.
I disagree. I believe that Mr. Trump and Facebook’s chief executive, Mark Zuckerberg, realize that their interests are aligned — the president’s in winning elections, Mr. Zuckerberg’s in making money.
Let’s look at the evidence: In 2016, Facebook provided the Trump campaign with embedded staff who helped to optimize its advertising program. (Hillary Clinton’s campaign was also approached, but it declined to embed a Facebook team in her campaign’s operations.) Brad Parscale, the digital director of Mr. Trump’s 2016 campaign and now his campaign manager for 2020, said that Facebook helped Mr. Trump and gave him the edge. This seems to have marked the beginning of a special relationship.
More recently, direct contact between the two men has raised serious questions. Mr. Zuckerberg met with Mr. Trump in the Oval Office on Sept. 19, 2019.
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George Soros should be in hell for being a Nazi collaborationist.
Did Facebook post articles about the election — or did Facebook users post articles?
Soros is a global level bad guy.
As bad as Facebook is, it certainly wouldn’t be better if Soros got his way.
Anything that has Georgi all riled-up and soiling his Depends is OK in my book.
What Soros means is that HE wants to seize control of Facebook and use it to tell you what to think.
Soros should be arrested and taken into custody Jan 21, 2021.
George Soros should not be in control of breathing free air...................
“Oh, forget Soros, leave him alone, he’s got enough problems,” Trump said
Nazi Jew v Asperger’s Jew
“Not at all,” I answered. “Facebook helped Trump to get elected and I am afraid that it will do the same in 2020.”
If this is true...then i take back all those bad things i’ve said about FB.
Not only that but IF they help to get Trump re-elected i will re-activate my account with them.
Although, i don’t know how FB can do it without the help of the Russians?
George Soros nor his family should be in charge of the DNC.
George Soros nor his family should be in charge of the DNC.
Well this should scare Zuck enough to change sides, hey Zuck AND NOW THEY COME FOR YOU!!!
Beat me to it!
yup- i do believe that is right- two socialist commies fighting about who should be the bigger socialist commie in control of a huge internet site—
George Soros should be rotting in prison
Well, Suckerberg...the old Nazi collaborator just signed your death warrant. You’re no longer of value. Happy who you’ve served?
Soros destroys economies
I believe that Soros is as close to a real life C. Montgomery Burns as will ever exist in life.
“What good is money if it doesn’t inspire terror in your fellow man!?”
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