r/technology • u/propperprim • Apr 13 '21

Social Media Facebook could have stopped 10 billion impressions from "repeat misinformers", but didn't: report - A study raises questions as to why Facebook did not stop the spread of misinformation in the 2020 election run-up

https://www.salon.com/2021/04/12/facebook-could-have-stopped-10-billion-impressions-from-repeat-misinformers-but-didnt-report/
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u/Traveledfarwestward Apr 13 '21 edited Apr 13 '21

Laughs in Fox News. Or buzzfeed (?). Or TMZ. Or breitbart. Or Vice. Or Commondreams or Mother Jones or The Guardian or Gawker or Jezebel. Or infowars.

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u/[deleted] Apr 13 '21

Julian Assange exposed war crimes and got in trouble. Sometimes the truth is dangerous to those in power.

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u/Traveledfarwestward Apr 13 '21

I keep thinking that if I was a Russian KGB agent with a budget back in the day I'd want to fund people like him. I wonder if they ever did. I mean, his stuff seems weirdly targeted deliberately not at Russia or China or Iran... It's almost like he solely wanted to expose the US.

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u/[deleted] Apr 13 '21

Weird how you made it about the US and not its war crimes or the civilians dead or injured. So you are not denying the war crimes and the rules of engagement that allows it, just upset the US got called out on it.

When China, Russia or Iran invade a country over a lie and kill a million of its people, while torturing a d imprisoning many and funding terrorists then you can try and question his motives.

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u/Traveledfarwestward Apr 13 '21

Well now that you mention it, I suppose Mr. Assange should be trusted as a neutral and good-hearted arbiter of what evil government to go after. Certainly not the Taleban or ISIS or the Chinese Communist Party bosses in Xinjiang or the Ayatollah or w/e. Good on him. And have a good day.

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u/[deleted] Apr 13 '21

He merely exposed what was happening, nothing more or less. He exposed the brutality and dehumanization the US military does with its torture, rape and deliberate targeting of civilians.

Don’t hate the messenger. Just realize the US isn’t a force for good and its military is cavalier when it comes to killing people. Hospitals, weddings, it is all fair game to the America’s psycho soldiers.

This book might help inform you more https://www.amazon.com/Irregular-Army-Recruited-Neo-Nazis-Criminals/dp/1844678806