General Discussion
Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forumsemulatorloo
(44,096 posts)DURHAM D
(32,607 posts)Blue_true
(31,261 posts)One question that comes into my mind is to what extent did the Russians go to cover their tracks? This is scary stuff and potentially involved a lot more than collusion and stealing data.
blue-wave
(4,347 posts)on Democracy was a massive worldwide effort. It penetrated deeply into national as well as local channels. I hope we caught it in time.
SemiHalfling
(53 posts)suprcali
(108 posts)People don't realize how irresponsible and damaging facebook really is. You are the product and their goal is to make money. That's why they have several millionaires. Wake up!
summer_in_TX
(2,727 posts)The FB PAC gives to candidates and causes of both parties but more goes to the GOP including those who support anti-LGBT policies. One of Facebooks biggest shareholders is a Russian company, Digital Sky Technologies, partly-owned by an oligarch, who is very close to Vladimir Putin. Digital Skys CEO is Russian oligarch Yuri Milner but its largest shareholder and initial funder is Alisher Usmanov, known as the hard man of Russia.
A look inside Facebook also reveals a culture devoid of diversity. There are literally no people of color on Facebooks board which is mostly men. As a whole, 90% of Facebook is white or asian. In 2015, only 2% black overall and 3% black in senior leadership.
One of those white men who has a seat on the board is Peter Thiel, an outspoken supporter of Donald Trump (he personally donated $1.25 million to the Trump campaign and spoke at the RNC).
Thiel is close to Erik Prince too.
https://narativ.org/2017/09/14/facebook-dirty-little-secret/