Fakebook News?
By Winterishere
@thedevilinme (3904)
Northampton, England
March 20, 2018 5:44pm CST
I’m fed up with the left wing media saying anyone who voted Brexit or for Trump is stupid and heavily influenced by fake news. If I read interesting news stories online that are striking or questionable I 'Google it' to check it, and if a reputable news source is running the story to then it’s clearly true. We are not stupid. We don’t believe everything we read. I am not influenced by everything online that is right wing and bigoted.
The latest scandal involves Facebook and a company called Cambridge Analytical, who used sneaky software to spam facebook users with various subliminal and targeted tactics, ads and fake new stories to induce fear and apparently get people to vote for Trump. It’s almost as if the left want to rationalise the Trump vote and it’s not down to free will. I’m not a Trump fan but people are entitled to vote how they want in a democracy and so you have to accept it. Trump and Brexit won the day because the Clinton and Remain voters took the result for granted and did not come out in force to vote. Now that is stupid in my book!
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@thedevilinme (3904)
• Northampton, England
21 Mar 18
agree. Its looking like Obama used te same people to target and 'influence' black voters with bias stories
@toniganzon (72285)
• Philippines
20 Mar 18
You'll never see me browsing facebook. I have had my account since the beta phase and I was on there only to play FarmVille and farm town. But after a year of being addicted to that game, I gave up on facebook. Especially now that I see people sharing fake news believing it to be true and cursing each other because of differences in political views. That social media site isn't for me.
@crossbones27 (48434)
• Mojave, California
20 Mar 18
That is what I said, was not Facebooks fault because people just can't think for themselves. That being said Facebook has some serious problems right now. I said the one thing that can ruin them is if they start abusing their power. This latest news about them selling out 50 million people to Cambridge Analytica is straight scary. This is as corrupt as I have ever seen this country.
Facebook is to blame on this because they did not care and wanted to be paid. Yet another reason I get so mad at how people get so upset at disrespecting symbols but not when people are actually selling our country down the crapper. This video explains who Cambridge Analytica is and how they conduct business.
An investigation by Channel 4 News has revealed how Cambridge Analytica claims it ran ‘all’ of President Trump’s digital campaign - and may have broken elect...
@thedevilinme (3904)
• Northampton, England
20 Mar 18
I agree but we are smart enough to know what facebook is about . Just set the privacy settings
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@crossbones27 (48434)
• Mojave, California
21 Mar 18
@thedevilinme Oh, I had no problem, but it sure looks like our leaders did.
