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Well then maybe @Facebook should do something about all those scary private groups it’s funneling all the violent white supremacists into with names like “Patriots Taking Back the USA” where they’re getting flooding with violent imagery of driving cars into crowns etc. https://twitter.com/mikeisaac/status/1296817982547488768

https://twitter.com/mikeisaac/status/1296817982547488768

This whole learned helplessness bullshit really does not play well from @Facebook considering that all of these problems are coming from them. Look how badly they’re still bungling “fact-checking”

So what it looks like from here is, without intervention right now, the USA election will turn into bloody chaos, Trump will claim victory as his little green men "maintain law and order," and Facebook will maintain all the while that there was no way of knowing this could happen

Because look what happened in Myanmar: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/15/technology/myanmar-facebook-genocide.html

A Genocide Incited on Facebook, With Posts From Myanmar’s Military

With fake pages and sham accounts, the military targeted the mostly Muslim Rohingya minority group, said former military officials, researchers and civilian officials.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/15/technology/myanmar-facebook-genocide.html

In Kenya: https://www.cnbc.com/2018/03/23/cambridge-analytica-and-its-role-in-kenya-2017-elections.html

Here's how Cambridge Analytica played a dominant role in Kenya's chaotic 2017 elections

Kenyans' exposure to smartphones and social media impacted last year's elections in a new way, according to one Nairobi-based data analysis firm.

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/03/23/cambridge-analytica-and-its-role-in-kenya-2017-elections.html

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/19/indonesia-election-mired-in-claims-of-foreign-hacking-and-ghost-voters

Indonesia election mired in claims of foreign hacking and 'ghost' voters

Fears of Chinese influence and ‘Russian propaganda’ dog the last weeks of campaigning before vote in April

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/19/indonesia-election-mired-in-claims-of-foreign-hacking-and-ghost-voters

In the UK: https://techcrunch.com/2018/07/26/facebook-finally-hands-over-leave-campaign-brexit-ads/

Facebook finally hands over leave campaign Brexit ads

The UK parliament has provided another telling glimpse behind the curtain of Facebook’s unregulated ad platform by publishing data on scores of pro-Brexit adverts which it distributed to UK voters...

https://techcrunch.com/2018/07/26/facebook-finally-hands-over-leave-campaign-brexit-ads/

In Brazil (WhatsApp is Facebook): https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/19/technology/whatsapp-brazil-presidential-election.html

Disinformation Spreads on WhatsApp Ahead of Brazilian Election

Facebook, which owns WhatsApp, is trying to prove it can curb the spread of false news. But the app’s design makes it difficult.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/19/technology/whatsapp-brazil-presidential-election.html

In India: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/01/technology/india-elections-facebook.html

In India Election, False Posts and Hate Speech Flummox Facebook

With as many as 879 million eligible voters set to cast ballots in the coming weeks, Facebook is struggling to cope with the disinformation and hate speech that is circulating online.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/01/technology/india-elections-facebook.html

You think they don't know what to do by now? You think they don't know how to fight this? They just don't care.

Flooded*. Why does autocorrect do that to me?

Crowds* oh my god

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