139M people voted in the election, for reference. http://money.cnn.com/2017/10/30/media/russia-facebook-126-million-users/index.html
edit: Should be "Americans", not "People" in the title
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Facebook estimates up to 126 Million people were exposed to Russian troll farm content
- Thread starter Kirblar
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http://money.cnn.com/2017/10/30/med...6-million-users/index.html?iid=hp-toplead-dom
Can you add a source to the OP?
Can you add a source to the OP?
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Huh, weird. Looks like I was also looking at a cached cnn money site? I just checked in Firefox and it's the headline story
The fact that twitter is still claiming that they've only identified so few of those accounts is ridiculous to me.
I was really pissed how Zuckerberg handled the whole Russian Bots/Propaganda spreading on Facebook, so I closed my Facebook account last month.
Still sickened to hear my info might've been compromised.
Still sickened to hear my info might've been compromised.
Was already sick of Facebook being cesspool where intellectual thinking goes to die, but after the way they handled the Russian stuff, happily taking Russian ad money as well, they can really just fuck off.
Twitter did a real poor job too.
Twitter did a real poor job too.
I live in Canada and I was getting Pizzagate bullshit in my Facebook news updates for a solid week before the election. I refuse to believe they didn't know about it to some degree, it probably only bothered them after the cheques cleared.
Companies like this need more than a slap on the wrist. THey need to have there hands fucking cut off.
Twitter reported to congress today as well that the Number of Russian Operative Accounts spreading Misinformation went up from the 201 reported in September to over 2,752.
https://twitter.com/ReutersPolitics/status/925126759258914818
https://twitter.com/ReutersPolitics/status/925126759258914818
And this loser wants to run for president. Maybe he should make sure his own platform isn't infested with Russian bots first.
That may be the number of real accounts used, not counting the tens or hundreds of thousands of bots that are automated to boost each other. In reality it could be just a few dozen real people with enough money for bot farms.
As to the Facebook story from today, if this is the kind of data and influence that does not lead to regulations on web sources similar to print and TV media, then it's a huge missed opportunity. And it further erodes trust in everything really, as people will get entrenched in their favorite "source" while everything else is deemed fake.
Well that's the rub. Those bots are accounts.
If they want to give out numbers those numbers should include the bots that did nothing but signal boost these propaganda campaigns.
126 million is roughly the amount of people who voted in the election if I remember the vote tallies correctly.
But yeah the fake news that was being pushed last year was insane. You could really tell who the idiots were among your FB Friends, because they bought that shit hook line and sinker
But yeah the fake news that was being pushed last year was insane. You could really tell who the idiots were among your FB Friends, because they bought that shit hook line and sinker
I believe that a solution is to use social media less frequently. I took Facebook off my phone, and I follow certain users on Twitter, primarily gaming related stuff.
I'll log onto FB occasionally to check stuff, but that's it. Shutting off the faucet (so to speak) has been helpful. That, and I don't want to be as much of a contributor to a company that, knowingly or unknowingly, fault or low-fault, played a really big part in spreading misinformation.
I'll log onto FB occasionally to check stuff, but that's it. Shutting off the faucet (so to speak) has been helpful. That, and I don't want to be as much of a contributor to a company that, knowingly or unknowingly, fault or low-fault, played a really big part in spreading misinformation.
No fucking way does an obese reality star become the god damn POTUS without a shit ton of manipulation
It would be curious to see what the official Trump campaign did spend money on, seems like the Russians did most of the heavy lifting for them. Take away the Russian troll farm and did they do much themselves and did they ever wonder who was making these ads helping them out.
Also, didn't Twitter say recently they deleted loads of possible evidence somehow so they are basically hiding the true impact from their site.
Also, didn't Twitter say recently they deleted loads of possible evidence somehow so they are basically hiding the true impact from their site.
Zuckerburg is incredibly smart, of course he fucking knew. He tried to damage control it but when the Feds come calling, good luck.
70k votes across 3 states.
70k votes across 3 states.
WaPo posted a piece with the released ads
https://apple.news/AE3TVM_DqTKW01zIa8ehvsw
Absolutely hilarious how American conservatives ate this shit up.
https://apple.news/AE3TVM_DqTKW01zIa8ehvsw
Absolutely hilarious how American conservatives ate this shit up.
fwiw, the 126 million figure is being taken grossly out of context and is not actually particularly extraordinary for a sustained ad campaign
I'm glad that I don't use facebook. I remember back before the election seeing a lot of ads like that on acquaintances' facebooks. Then they are liked, shared, and signal boosted to reinforce the eons-long effort to hurt H.C.
Even if conservatives already hated her, there's no doubt in my mind that the ads turned away independents.
Even if conservatives already hated her, there's no doubt in my mind that the ads turned away independents.
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He's another "lefty" deliberately downplaying this shit.
FB spending should absolutely be investigated, and there absolutely should be total transparency mandated about who's buying political ads and who they're targeted at, but a big, scary number doesn't actually logically lead to "Russia stole the election" like numerous people in this very thread are suggesting. It's very easy to buy massive reach numbers with a relatively low spend.