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From the Guardian article https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/apr/12/facebook-fake-engagement-whistleblower-sophie-zhang https://www.theguardian.com/tec
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From the Guardian article https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/apr/12/facebook-fake-engagement-whistleblower-sophie-zhang https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/apr/12/facebook-...:
> "But it quickly became clear that no one was interested in taking responsibility for policing the abuses of the president of a poor nation with just 4.5m Facebook users. The message she received from all corners – including from threat intelligence, the small and elite team of investigators responsible for uncovering CIB campaigns – was that the abuses were bad, but resources were tight, and, absent any external pressure, Honduras was simply not a priority."
We can assume that hostile nations have known this for awhile, and they have also been exploiting this. This is tragic but true.
Sophie Zhang is a hero.