Facebook hired a member of the intelligence community to protect elections in 2018. But it appears just an attempt to cover up their continued threat to democracy. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/jul/26/yael-eisenstat-facebook-is-ripe-for-manipulation-and-viral-misinformation
Facebook's recipe for protecting democracies:
- Make sure they can't be sued
- Keep the Trump Administration happy
- Don't actually protect any democracies
- Make sure they can't be sued
- Keep the Trump Administration happy
- Don't actually protect any democracies
Facebook: possibly might oppose Russian disinformation networks, but just might not oppose domestic alt-Right groups that use the same tactics.
