Category Archives: Facebook

Saturday Open Thread | Facebook exec said site could be used to organize terror attack in 2016 memo

Posted on March 31, 2018 by SouthernGirl2

A top Facebook executive and one of Mark Zuckerberg‘s longest-standing business partners reportedly penned a memo in 2016 that raised the possibility of a terrorist attack being organized by malicious groups using Facebook’s software. In an internal memo obtained by … Continue reading →

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Monday Open Thread | Cambridge Analytica in the Hotseat

Posted on March 19, 2018 by rikyrah

Cambridge Analytica scrambles to halt Channel 4 exposé Firm with links to Trump election under pressure after Facebook ban over data harvesting Cambridge Analytica, the data firm alleged to have used the personal information of millions of Facebook users without … Continue reading →

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Brad Parscale: Facebook, Google and Twitter employees were embedded inside the Trump campaign

Posted on October 7, 2017 by SouthernGirl2

WE’RE DOOMED. DEMOCRACY IS DEAD……. Trump campaign digital director Brad Parscale says Donald Trump won election on Facebook with highly targeted ads — and infrastructure was a key issue President Donald Trump talked on Twitter, but Facebook was the crucial … Continue reading →

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Black lawmaker presses Facebook to stop racially charged Russian ads

Posted on September 30, 2017 by SouthernGirl2

A member of the Congressional Black Caucus is pushing Facebook to strengthen its advertising standards after Russian operatives used the company’s ad service to attack groups like Black Lives Matter during the 2016 election s. In a letter sent to … Continue reading →

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