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The question also is, had Hillary won, would there have even been much increased scrutiny from that? Or would the story have merely faded away.

bogomipz 8y ago
That's a total strawman but the answer is yes. Even before the "Russia story" broke, the story of Brad Parscale the Digital Director of the Trump Campaign and how FB embedded employees with him was a national news story. It was covered on 60 Minutes: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/facebook-embeds-russia-and-the-trump-campaigns-secret-weapon-60-minutes/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/facebook-embeds-russia-and-the-... And even before that back in 2012 the Atlantic did a piece on the emerging role of FB in politics entitled: "Did Facebook Give Democrats the Upper Hand?" https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/11/did-facebook-give-democrats-the-upper-hand/264937/ https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/11/did-f...
- partiallypro 8y ago
  And...the 2012 article doesn't actually put Facebook under a critical microscope like it is today. In fact, at the time it was viewed and covered as political genius. So, you sort of proved my point. Examples: https://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/23/magazine/the-obama-campaigns-digital-masterminds-cash-in.html https://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/23/magazine/the-obama-campai... https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/feb/17/obama-campaign-digital-team https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/feb/17/obama-campaign... https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/may/14/obama-digital-campaigning-dashboard https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/may/14/obama-digital-...
  - bogomipz 8y ago
    >"And...the 2012 article doesn't actually put Facebook under a critical microscope like it is today." Maybe reread your own comment above where you stated the concern of "increased scrutiny" and not criticality. The link is evidence of of increased media scrutiny. From seven years ago no less. Specifically it discusses FB's emerging place as a political channel. Scrutiny and criticality are orthogonal concepts.
    - partiallypro 8y ago
      Scrutiny requires criticality.

bogomipz 8y ago

That's a total strawman but the answer is yes. Even before the "Russia story" broke, the story of Brad Parscale the Digital Director of the Trump Campaign and how FB embedded employees with him was a national news story. It was covered on 60 Minutes: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/facebook-embeds-russia-and-the-trump-campaigns-secret-weapon-60-minutes/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/facebook-embeds-russia-and-the-... And even before that back in 2012 the Atlantic did a piece on the emerging role of FB in politics entitled: "Did Facebook Give Democrats the Upper Hand?" https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/11/did-facebook-give-democrats-the-upper-hand/264937/ https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/11/did-f...

partiallypro 8y ago
And...the 2012 article doesn't actually put Facebook under a critical microscope like it is today. In fact, at the time it was viewed and covered as political genius. So, you sort of proved my point. Examples: https://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/23/magazine/the-obama-campaigns-digital-masterminds-cash-in.html https://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/23/magazine/the-obama-campai... https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/feb/17/obama-campaign-digital-team https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/feb/17/obama-campaign... https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/may/14/obama-digital-campaigning-dashboard https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/may/14/obama-digital-...
- bogomipz 8y ago
  >"And...the 2012 article doesn't actually put Facebook under a critical microscope like it is today." Maybe reread your own comment above where you stated the concern of "increased scrutiny" and not criticality. The link is evidence of of increased media scrutiny. From seven years ago no less. Specifically it discusses FB's emerging place as a political channel. Scrutiny and criticality are orthogonal concepts.
  - partiallypro 8y ago
    Scrutiny requires criticality.