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Let's assume Facebook fixed their privacy flaws. Are we good then ? Same company (CA) used other tools to manipulate elections. For example, they used Whatsapp
by roadbeats 9y ago
Let's assume Facebook fixed their privacy flaws. Are we good then ?
Same company (CA) used other tools to manipulate elections. For example, they used Whatsapp to manipulate Kenya elections and this was reported last august by Al Jazeera: https://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/listeningpost/2017/08/fake-news-shape-kenya-elections-170805081741474.html https://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/listeningpost/2017/08/f...
Did Whatsapp help CA to manipulate elections in Kenya? Nope (If yes, that would be a much bigger scandal). According to the report from Al Jazeera, it could be Telegram or Signal, doesn't matter.
Most people just focus on Facebook but I think it's just the tip of the iceberg. We should actually think about how democratic elections can survive manipulations...
- aluhut 9y agoYou could just spam channels on Telegram but for Whatsapp and Signal you'd have to get the phone number first, then be added by the receiver. I wonder how they did it. The aljazeera article is not really informative and I can't play the video here.
- roadbeats 9y agoYou didn't check the link. People volunteerly shared fake news with their friends.