You can't make this stuff up.
https://www.theguardian.com/technol...ightwing-daily-caller-in-factchecking-program
https://www.theguardian.com/technol...ightwing-daily-caller-in-factchecking-program
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Facebook hires the Daily Caller as fact-checkers
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If you want to see how bad it is out there right now. Not specific to Facebook, but social media in general.
I just watched a video on YT of someone asking people what they thought of Justin Trudeau right now. From that single video (no other political video, rest of my recent views were cooking, gaming, and fitness videos), my entire Recommended feed is a bunch of no-name channels all talking about "Justin Trudeau lied", "Justin Trudeau is a crook", etc, etc.
Now this is specific to Canada, but it's perfect area to check this system in place as the election is much closer (fall 2019).
So not just Facebook. And it's getting more aggressive then 2016.
I just watched a video on YT of someone asking people what they thought of Justin Trudeau right now. From that single video (no other political video, rest of my recent views were cooking, gaming, and fitness videos), my entire Recommended feed is a bunch of no-name channels all talking about "Justin Trudeau lied", "Justin Trudeau is a crook", etc, etc.
Now this is specific to Canada, but it's perfect area to check this system in place as the election is much closer (fall 2019).
So not just Facebook. And it's getting more aggressive then 2016.
IIRC Snopes quit or at least is in renegotiations after calling out Facebook for a lack of support and not taking heed of their recommendations to do their job effectively.
Facebook board of directors is getting filled with Trumpers and led by Peter Thiel. Netflix CEO and another CEO just left because they don't like Trump
Makes sense, as boomers continue to be/come the primary users of the platform, might as well give them the alternative facts they want to see
I did and it was nice. I'm still in Facebook ecosystem via Instagram and WhatsApp but the later has end-to-end encryption around messages and the former doesn't have much political items.
Just get off social media altogether. It's a freeing sensation and I ultimately feel happier without it all...though it is sad to think that it got to this point to begin with
Facebook has to be considered an alt-right platform at this point. There isn't a competent argument against that.
I have my account deactivated just in case if one of my old friends still wants to message me just in case since that's my only way of getting in touch with them. But all of this bullshit just makes me want to get rid of it all together.
Maybe wrong board here IIRC the gaming industry trade org—the Entertainment Software Association—has quietly sponsored Daily Caller events.
Crazy that there has not been in-depth reporting about the Daily Caller newsroom because some weird stuff has gone on there (underage drinking, rampant sexual and racial harassment causing at least one women to quit here internship, cofounder has a hedge fund with Bernie Madoff's accountant legally based on the offices, they registered milfistan[dot]com after Tucker got in trouble calling Sarah Palin queen of milfistan.).
Also, Joel Kaplan is a cancer.
Crazy that there has not been in-depth reporting about the Daily Caller newsroom because some weird stuff has gone on there (underage drinking, rampant sexual and racial harassment causing at least one women to quit here internship, cofounder has a hedge fund with Bernie Madoff's accountant legally based on the offices, they registered milfistan[dot]com after Tucker got in trouble calling Sarah Palin queen of milfistan.).
Also, Joel Kaplan is a cancer.
It makes me think of call girls, the daily caller keeps the industry afloat.
Do it dude. Im over six months removed and it was a very positive decision.
