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But you think that's not a problem? That fake accounts that signal boost support for political figures is fine election campaigning?
by Jonnax 6y ago
But you think that's not a problem?
That fake accounts that signal boost support for political figures is fine election campaigning?
- franklampard 6y agoIt is and actions were taken: “As a result, we’ve taken down more than 100 networks of coordinated inauthentic behavior. Around half of them were domestic networks that operated in countries around the world, including those in Latin America, the Middle East and North Africa, and in the Asia Pacific region.”
- rscoots 6y agoIt's only a problem if citizens are somehow influenced by the # of Facebook likes a politician gets. Those who'd hold Facebook to account for not programmatically 'fixing' this would do well to also acknowledge the underlying human failings that make these shady strategies allegedly effective. Maybe even a small attempt to improve voter literacy in Honduras? Easier to just shift the entire moral blame to FB and implicitly hope every similar social media company acquiesces to your worldview forever.