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soothsayer

(38,601 posts)
Sat Nov 14, 2020, 06:09 PM Nov 2020

George Takei: Are we paying attention, everyone? (Re Parler


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George Takei
@GeorgeTakei
Are we paying attention, everyone?

Christopher Wylie 🏳️?🌈
@chrisinsilico
Parler is funded by the former owners of Cambridge Analytica. They always wanted to create a new social network to collect data and disseminate propaganda. And now they have. https://wsj.com/articles/parler-backed-by-mercer-family-makes-play-for-conservatives-mad-at-facebook-twitter-11605382430
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George Takei: Are we paying attention, everyone? (Re Parler (Original Post) soothsayer Nov 2020 OP
K&R! SheltieLover Nov 2020 #1
Well, they can disseminate propaganda from there, but it certainly will not Ferrets are Cool Nov 2020 #2
KnR Hekate Nov 2020 #3
It should be called "Paler". yankeepants Nov 2020 #4
Pallor soothsayer Nov 2020 #5
Because you just can't be too sick and white. yankeepants Nov 2020 #8
Is Cambridge Analytica prepared for the giant cesspool they are about to create? Blue Owl Nov 2020 #6
Since they helped drumpf suppress the Black vote in 2016... soothsayer Nov 2020 #7
Don't forget the 2016 Cambridge Analytica efforts to successfully rig the Brexit Leave vote. abqtommy Nov 2020 #15
Yep! FM123 Nov 2020 #9
Yep, a mailing list to merge with other data. Baked Potato Nov 2020 #10
So many in the country are now trained to believe propaganda... Kablooie Nov 2020 #11
Can't wait til they try to merge my profile with their data carpetbagger Nov 2020 #12
Parler: For when Facebook isn't racist or sexist enough. Initech Nov 2020 #13
How anyone at the head of Cambridge Analytica is not serving time JDC Nov 2020 #14
Yup. Newest Reality Nov 2020 #16
There is a serious russian connection, too. tikka Nov 2020 #17
Why do conservatives love to be manipulated? Turbineguy Nov 2020 #18
Q - Why do conservatives love to be manipulated? FuzzyRabbit Nov 2020 #22
The seed money Bannon used to jump start CA came from Putin. Ford_Prefect Nov 2020 #19
This message was self-deleted by its author FuzzyRabbit Nov 2020 #20
Twitter reply : Rhiannon12866 Nov 2020 #21
So why are we giving them attention. LakeArenal Nov 2020 #23

Ferrets are Cool

(21,063 posts)
2. Well, they can disseminate propaganda from there, but it certainly will not
Sat Nov 14, 2020, 06:12 PM
Nov 2020

gather any "intellectual" data from that cess pool.

Blue Owl

(49,934 posts)
6. Is Cambridge Analytica prepared for the giant cesspool they are about to create?
Sat Nov 14, 2020, 06:19 PM
Nov 2020

It's like those fuckers who made factory farms and caught themselves unprepared to deal with the volume of waste produced...

abqtommy

(14,118 posts)
15. Don't forget the 2016 Cambridge Analytica efforts to successfully rig the Brexit Leave vote.
Sat Nov 14, 2020, 07:28 PM
Nov 2020

They've had their fingers everywhere.

Kablooie

(18,572 posts)
11. So many in the country are now trained to believe propaganda...
Sat Nov 14, 2020, 06:40 PM
Nov 2020

that all the conservatives yearning to breathe Fascism, will be scrambling for control.

They have seen the US come close to the brink so will be pushing even harder to get us back there and push us over.

It's going to be a long dangerous period we are entering, (or are in the middle of.)

Newest Reality

(12,712 posts)
16. Yup.
Sat Nov 14, 2020, 07:29 PM
Nov 2020

I am wondering who they are going to argue and fight with?

Oh, each other! That should be interesting considering the spectrum of conspiracy theories alone and that they tend to be an aggressive bunch.

It is going to be an interesting social experiment putting them all in one cage and having the Russians and Cambridge Analytica messing with their malleable little minds.

Turbineguy

(37,212 posts)
18. Why do conservatives love to be manipulated?
Sat Nov 14, 2020, 07:42 PM
Nov 2020
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1327253991936454663.html?fbclid=IwAR3mr8SRgkqJXTqHBB3KzXROe-sRRiUKdBMuwtB29nl1LGPB8mYU43Km9Xw

"Also, a preliminary analysis of the first several thousand accounts on Parler shows that it is the usual Russia aligned operatives that we in this space have tracked for years. This is a large scale op aligned with Russian interests."

Ford_Prefect

(7,828 posts)
19. The seed money Bannon used to jump start CA came from Putin.
Sat Nov 14, 2020, 08:55 PM
Nov 2020

Surely the British Intel agencies must have noticed that link? Or were they told not to look too closely by the hands which feed them?

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