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It's been a while since a Trump or Brexit type unexpected/unpredicted event that Facebook influenced has happened. As in nothing at a national scale. Does this

• thoreaway 8y ago
  Trump was only a unexpected/unpredicted event to the people who believed the ‘polls’ and devoured the mainstream media content because they whole heartily believed their person would win. The media completely played it up so they could profit off the emotional down turn. Day in and day out these last 2 years has been nothing but fear mongering for ad revenue. Journalism doesn’t exist in the United States as it once were. There is not investigation it’s just agitation. Keeping eyes on glass to make that advertising revenue. It’s so sad.
• pjc50 8y ago
  Measles cases are on the rise in many countries. A lot of nasty politics is appearing in non-English speaking countries which gets no publicity, but it's difficult to trace to Facebook. Of course, Facebook is merely the carrier for these influences. Some are driven by hostile intelligence agencies, some by opportunistic chancers.
• clydethefrog 8y ago
  There was reporting last year about Facebook being a catalyst for spreading violence against the Rohingya in Myanmar. Facebook owned Whatsapp also caused several so called Whatsapp lynchings in India based on rumors that were quickly spread via the app. Brazil's current president's campaign also used a succesful disinformation campaign via Whatsapp.