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What on earth does their stance on Brexit have to do with there position in the select committee?!

alistairSH 9y ago
Brexit is relevant, because like the election of Trump, it appears nefarious actors (likely Russians in both cases) used Facebook to drive votes in a particular direction (pro-Trump, pro-Brexit).
- darepublic 9y ago
  Some people posted fake content on Facebook? And that is responsible for the election of Trump and Brexit? If you actually believe that there's some pop up internet ads I have ready for you...
  - Veen 9y ago
    Not so long ago, Zuckerberg said it was "crazy" to think that Facebook influenced the US election. I don't think he's quite so confident of that today.
    - darepublic 9y ago
      Zuck could be "persuaded" of anything I'm sure to placate the scapegoating whiners of the western world. The thing is if you're vacuous enough to invest a lot of yourself on fb you are equally vacuous to join the pitchfork mobs at the prompting of mass media.
  - drjesusphd 9y ago
    Someone pays good money for those pop-up internet ads...
  - alistairSH 9y ago
    Responsible on it's own? Likely not. A contributing factor? I believe the jury is still out. Either way, the simple existence of the tools to do so (via social media and data-crunching groups like CA) should be investigated. And governments rightly should take action to ensure "fake news" is not being used to subvert their elections.
michaelt 9y ago
Cambridge Analytica / SCL donated their services to the pro-leave campaign. There are accusations that (a) these services involved committing crimes, (b) the donated services weren't counted towards the election spending limit and (c) this is an example of foreign billionaires interfering with elections. In other words, this is embarrassing for the pro-brexit side. A person who was pro-brexit may be inclined to downplay this, while a person who was pro-remain is less likely to sweep it under the rug.
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Brexit is relevant, because like the election of Trump, it appears nefarious actors (likely Russians in both cases) used Facebook to drive votes in a particular direction (pro-Trump, pro-Brexit).

darepublic 9y ago
Some people posted fake content on Facebook? And that is responsible for the election of Trump and Brexit? If you actually believe that there's some pop up internet ads I have ready for you...
- Veen 9y ago
  Not so long ago, Zuckerberg said it was "crazy" to think that Facebook influenced the US election. I don't think he's quite so confident of that today.
  - darepublic 9y ago
    Zuck could be "persuaded" of anything I'm sure to placate the scapegoating whiners of the western world. The thing is if you're vacuous enough to invest a lot of yourself on fb you are equally vacuous to join the pitchfork mobs at the prompting of mass media.
- drjesusphd 9y ago
  Someone pays good money for those pop-up internet ads...
- alistairSH 9y ago
  Responsible on it's own? Likely not. A contributing factor? I believe the jury is still out. Either way, the simple existence of the tools to do so (via social media and data-crunching groups like CA) should be investigated. And governments rightly should take action to ensure "fake news" is not being used to subvert their elections.

michaelt 9y ago

Cambridge Analytica / SCL donated their services to the pro-leave campaign. There are accusations that (a) these services involved committing crimes, (b) the donated services weren't counted towards the election spending limit and (c) this is an example of foreign billionaires interfering with elections. In other words, this is embarrassing for the pro-brexit side. A person who was pro-brexit may be inclined to downplay this, while a person who was pro-remain is less likely to sweep it under the rug.

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