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demmiblue

(36,833 posts) Fri Oct 25, 2019, 10:33 AM Oct 2019

Today, FaceBook added Breitbart as a trusted news source:

Today, @facebook, who is still ensnared in the Cambridge Analytica scandal, added Breitbart, whose owner and former President were OWNERS of Cambridge Analytica, as a “trusted” news source.

This scandal writes itself.

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Today, FaceBook added Breitbart as a trusted news source: (Original Post) demmiblue Oct 2019 OP

Well, anybody who thinks Facebook is a "trusted source"... Wounded Bear Oct 2019 #1

I tried an experiment HAB911 Oct 2019 #10

I do that a lot... Wounded Bear Oct 2019 #12

More evidence of how Mark is a great humanitarian. Coventina Oct 2019 #2

Zuckerberg has been bribed Johnny2X2X Oct 2019 #3

Zuckerberg took Russian $$ long ago. MelissaB Oct 2019 #9

So did Twitter. Hugin Oct 2019 #14

+1 2naSalit Oct 2019 #15

Wait. Are you saying there was, Quid-Pro-Quo? Hugin Oct 2019 #13

No matter how much BigMin28 Oct 2019 #4

Zuckerberg: "We will allow political lies." And there you have it! Firestorm49 Oct 2019 #5

Of course. dalton99a Oct 2019 #6

Who's this Bart? Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Oct 2019 #7

Fakebook, Farcebook TheRealNorth Oct 2019 #8

Our time will come bluestarone Oct 2019 #11

I think of him as 2naSalit Oct 2019 #16

Let's just face it. Zuckerberg is a trumper. brush Oct 2019 #17

Didn't AOC also pull out of Zuckerberg that another winger site was now a facebook fact checker? brush Oct 2019 #18

Wounded Bear

(58,618 posts)

1. Well, anybody who thinks Facebook is a "trusted source"...

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Fri Oct 25, 2019, 10:35 AM

Oct 2019

is already fliying with one wing low.

I don't click on most news posted to the platform, as all too often they lead to clickbait spam generators.

HAB911

(8,872 posts)

10. I tried an experiment

Reply to Wounded Bear (Reply #1)

Fri Oct 25, 2019, 11:20 AM

Oct 2019

Several weeks ago I began marking all "sponsored" posts as "irrelevant" and I haven't seen another sponsored post for two weeks. That has to confuse their algorithms on what to show you.

Wounded Bear

(58,618 posts)

12. I do that a lot...

Reply to HAB911 (Reply #10)

Fri Oct 25, 2019, 11:23 AM

Oct 2019

It helps keep the ads to a minimum.

Coventina

(27,084 posts)

2. More evidence of how Mark is a great humanitarian.

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Fri Oct 25, 2019, 10:36 AM

Oct 2019

Johnny2X2X

(19,002 posts)

3. Zuckerberg has been bribed

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Fri Oct 25, 2019, 10:36 AM

Oct 2019

All of his meetings with Cons and the President were where he was offered guarantees that his company will never be the subject of any investigations regarding privacy and unfair business practices as long as Don wins. Zuckerberg chose power and money over Democracy. He should be shamed and shunned by all.

If this country every has a violent uprising where the people take the country back from the rich and powerful, people like Zuckerberg will be beheaded. He's the poster boy for greedy crooks with zero moral compass except robbing and stealing to enrich himself. Fuck him!

MelissaB

(16,420 posts)

9. Zuckerberg took Russian $$ long ago.

Reply to Johnny2X2X (Reply #3)

Fri Oct 25, 2019, 11:17 AM

Oct 2019

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2017/nov/05/russia-funded-facebook-twitter-investments-kushner-investor

One of many articles.

Hugin

(33,104 posts)

14. So did Twitter.

Reply to MelissaB (Reply #9)

Fri Oct 25, 2019, 11:29 AM

Oct 2019

Oligarch money kept Twitter from going the way of Friendster and MySpace.

2naSalit

(86,502 posts)

15. +1

Reply to MelissaB (Reply #9)

Fri Oct 25, 2019, 11:30 AM

Oct 2019

Hugin

(33,104 posts)

13. Wait. Are you saying there was, Quid-Pro-Quo?

Reply to Johnny2X2X (Reply #3)

Fri Oct 25, 2019, 11:28 AM

Oct 2019

OMG... not. No surprise here. Micky the Rat already stated such practices are status quo in the Trump mob. Of which, Zuckerberg is now a card carrying member.

BigMin28

(1,176 posts)

4. No matter how much

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Fri Oct 25, 2019, 10:39 AM

Oct 2019

power and money these people accumulate / steal, it's never enough.

Firestorm49

(4,030 posts)

5. Zuckerberg: "We will allow political lies." And there you have it!

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Fri Oct 25, 2019, 10:41 AM

Oct 2019

dalton99a

(81,426 posts)

6. Of course.

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Fri Oct 25, 2019, 10:47 AM

Oct 2019

Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,838 posts)

7. Who's this Bart?

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Fri Oct 25, 2019, 10:54 AM

Oct 2019

And what makes him so bright?

Not my words but Corey Booker's when asked a question from a Breitbart reporter.

TheRealNorth

(9,474 posts)

8. Fakebook, Farcebook

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Fri Oct 25, 2019, 11:13 AM

Oct 2019

Its time to wage a PR war against Fakebook.

As in any PR war, humor and ridicule are usually the most effective tools to ruin the brand name.

bluestarone

(16,894 posts)

11. Our time will come

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Fri Oct 25, 2019, 11:21 AM

Oct 2019

Facebook will pay the price for their evil use of the news!

2naSalit

(86,502 posts)

16. I think of him as

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Fri Oct 25, 2019, 11:32 AM

Oct 2019

rupert murdoch 2.0.

brush

(53,759 posts)

17. Let's just face it. Zuckerberg is a trumper.

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Fri Oct 25, 2019, 11:34 AM

Oct 2019

brush

(53,759 posts)

18. Didn't AOC also pull out of Zuckerberg that another winger site was now a facebook fact checker?

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Fri Oct 25, 2019, 11:40 AM

Oct 2019

Anybody know which other right wing outlets are affiliated with facebook.

And it's pretty apparent now that Zuckerberg is a trumper who will allow right wing lies to appear on his platform without a problem.

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