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I didn't realize foreign powers running massive botnets on Facebook and Twitter to share fake news stories was considered an 'election campaign'.

• unityByFreedom 9y ago
  It's more than that. Advertising is legal as long as it's not libel. Hacking into machines that store voter data isn't legal. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-06-13/russian-breach-of-39-states-threatens-future-u-s-elections https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-06-13/russian-b...
  • travmatt 9y ago
    But it is helpful for voter targeting, especially when you pass that information onto republicans who offer to buy it. Also helpful is targeting swing state databases and deleting the voter registrations of people who you think would vote against your candidate.
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• anc84 9y ago
  Did you miss the Cambridge Analytics hype campaign?