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I'm still not 100% clear on how the 2016 election was influenced on facebook. Both American parties say the Russians interfered in order to help the other side

I'm still not 100% clear on how the 2016 election was influenced on facebook. Both American parties say the Russians interfered in order to help the other side. Liberal FB employees are upset about Trump, while conservatives think they are being censored on the platform. Can you point me to any clear, neutral, unequivocal research that illustrates the effect, including impact? Did it swing the election to Trump, or try to steal it from him? How does this compare to traditional political media advertisements?

runarberg 6y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebook%E2%80%93Cambridge_Analytica_data_scandal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebook%E2%80%93Cambridge_Ana...
greatwhitenorth 6y ago
Read this post by the Facebook VP - https://www.facebook.com/boz/posts/10111288357877121 https://www.facebook.com/boz/posts/10111288357877121 As much as I hate Trump, many people are salty that he won and want to put a blame on something. That's it.
- loopz 6y ago
  Where is his detailed analysis wether targeted political fake news articles based on personal data could flip swing states?
  - greatwhitenorth 6y ago
    You're asking a variation of 'When did you stop beating your wife'
    - loopz 6y ago
      Which is appropriate: https://duckduckgo.com/?q=facebook+fake+news+cambridge+analytica https://duckduckgo.com/?q=facebook+fake+news+cambridge+analy...