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Cattledog

(5,897 posts)
Tue Jul 31, 2018, 12:22 PM Jul 2018

Facebook Has Identified Ongoing Political Influence Campaign

Source: NYT

WASHINGTON — Facebook is preparing to announce that it has identified a coordinated political influence campaign, with dozens of inauthentic accounts and pages that are believed to be engaging in political activity ahead of November’s midterm elections, according to three people briefed on the matter.

In a series of briefings on Capitol Hill this week, the company told lawmakers that it detected the influence campaign as part of its investigations into election interference. It has been unable to tie the accounts to Russia, whose Internet Research Agency was at the center of an indictment earlier this year for interfering in the 2016 election, but company officials told Capitol Hill that Russia was possibly involved, according to two of the officials.

Facebook is expected to announce its findings on Tuesday afternoon. The company has been working with the F.B.I. to investigate the activity.


Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/31/us/politics/facebook-political-campaign-midterms.html?action=Click&contentCollection=BreakingNews&contentID=67415548&pgtype=Homepage

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Facebook Has Identified Ongoing Political Influence Campaign (Original Post) Cattledog Jul 2018 OP
About FB DownriverDem Jul 2018 #1
Sure, of course... and we need all we can get... Chakaconcarne Jul 2018 #3
"Russia possibly involved" -- Could be other people also; there's a lot of people out there. dalton99a Jul 2018 #2
+ 1 ChiTownDenny Jul 2018 #8
Professor Scott Galloway from NYU Stern School of Business: Ponietz Jul 2018 #4
+1 dalton99a Jul 2018 #5
Senator Warner-Russia is behind this Gothmog Jul 2018 #6
Naaaaaaaaaahhhh! YA THINK?!! Dave Starsky Jul 2018 #7

DownriverDem

(6,206 posts)
1. About FB
Tue Jul 31, 2018, 12:25 PM
Jul 2018

I know a lot of folks don't like FB, but I have met some mighty fine left leaning Dem voters. They post some very interesting stuff.

Chakaconcarne

(2,387 posts)
3. Sure, of course... and we need all we can get...
Tue Jul 31, 2018, 12:34 PM
Jul 2018

But when you look at facebook prominent user demographics across the US, it's bright red... Not a shade of blue...anywhere.

dalton99a

(81,065 posts)
2. "Russia possibly involved" -- Could be other people also; there's a lot of people out there.
Tue Jul 31, 2018, 12:34 PM
Jul 2018


FB desperately trying to salvage their reputation

Dave Starsky

(5,914 posts)
7. Naaaaaaaaaahhhh! YA THINK?!!
Tue Jul 31, 2018, 01:58 PM
Jul 2018

Now that people are quitting in droves and their stock is dropping like a rock.

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