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> What will Mark let us know about their plans for the US elections? The fact that this is even a question is frightening.
by cbm-vic-20 8y ago
> What will Mark let us know about their plans for the US elections?
The fact that this is even a question is frightening.
- Endama 8y agoThey have a war room up to watch the current US elections. Same war room for the Brazilian elections. [1]https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/19/technology/facebook-election-war-room.html https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/19/technology/facebook-elect... [2]https://gizmodo.com/hey-howd-that-facebook-war-room-fare-during-brazils-el-1830089528 https://gizmodo.com/hey-howd-that-facebook-war-room-fare-dur...
- woodpanel 8y agoThe fact, that this is frightening should be a concern for stockholders, because it means a looming legislation. How could FB mitigate this? Maybe by iterating over these war-rooms often enough, that they could be offered as a tool, so that neutral institutions normally obliged with observing the fairness of a country's election could use that tool to gain back control.