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Hard Evidence Against Facebook
Oct 25^th, 2021 at 2:09am

I am not providing a link because you can easily find many links to this story yourself

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... Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen. Today we learned that a Facebook researcher created a profile that appeared to be of a political conservative North Carolina mother and that within five days, Facebook’s algorithm was steering the profile toward QAnon, a conspiracy theory touting then-president Trump as a secret warrior against a widespread pedophilia ring in the highest levels of government.

Although the fake profile did not follow those recommended groups, the profile was then inundated with groups and pages full of hate speech and disinformation. Other stories recently have emphasized that Facebook officials knew of the radicalization of users before the January 6 insurrection but declined to address the issue.

People often make the mistake of thinking that Facebook profits from the advertising it sells to users, but in fact the system works the opposite way. A media company profits from packaging users to sell to advertisers. Facebook has sliced and diced its users so that it can sell us with pinpoint accuracy to political interests eager to divide us or drive our votes.

It appears we now have hard evidence that the company knew its algorithms were peddling disinformation to divide us, and it did not fix them.

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Re: Hard Evidence Against Facebook
Reply #1 - Oct 25^th, 2021 at 2:48am

AiA wrote on Oct 25^th, 2021 at 2:09am:

I am not providing a link because you can easily find many links to this story yourself

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... Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen. Today we learned that a Facebook researcher created a profile that appeared to be of a political conservative North Carolina mother and that within five days, Facebook’s algorithm was steering the profile toward QAnon, a conspiracy theory touting then-president Trump as a secret warrior against a widespread pedophilia ring in the highest levels of government.

Although the fake profile did not follow those recommended groups, the profile was then inundated with groups and pages full of hate speech and disinformation. Other stories recently have emphasized that Facebook officials knew of the radicalization of users before the January 6 insurrection but declined to address the issue.

People often make the mistake of thinking that Facebook profits from the advertising it sells to users, but in fact the system works the opposite way. A media company profits from packaging users to sell to advertisers. Facebook has sliced and diced its users so that it can sell us with pinpoint accuracy to political interests eager to divide us or drive our votes.

It appears we now have hard evidence that the company knew its algorithms were peddling disinformation to divide us, and it did not fix them.

No surprise for me.

But this is a real worry. I have some yanks here that have fallen hook line and sinker for the propaganda from the election to anti-vaxing. It is alarming that people i thought had a brain are fully buying into the BS News they receive over the net.

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Frank Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 58997 Gender:	Re: Hard Evidence Against Facebook Reply #2 - Dec 22^nd, 2021 at 8:31pm Facebook permanently bans Facebook from Facebook for violating Facebook community standards If you are still on Facebook you are Zucked in.
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UnSubRocky Gold Member Offline Crocodile Hunter: Origins Posts: 25387 Rockhampton Gender:	Re: Hard Evidence Against Facebook Reply #3 - Feb 1^st, 2022 at 1:53am How easily you can get a 48-hour ban for schitt that anywhere else would be laughable. I just hope that this will not harm my workplace notifications on facebook.
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Re: Hard Evidence Against Facebook
Reply #4 - Feb 5^th, 2022 at 9:13am

Frank wrote on Dec 22^nd, 2021 at 8:31pm:

If you are still on Facebook you are Zucked in.

Never got Zucked. Only exist in that place in order to view some of the idiots who haunt the mess. Totally irrational and counterintutive in it’s design, such a pain to use once was enough. As to Mr Z let’s all try and remember why he set up that convoluted digital madhouse in the first place.

Beside the point but have any of you noticed how weird Mr Z’s hair is? Looks like it’s painted on every morning. At times he looks and acts like a robot - maybe he is?

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greggerypeccary Gold Member Online Australian Politics Posts: 153789 Gender:	Re: Hard Evidence Against Facebook Reply #5 - Feb 5^th, 2022 at 9:36am Never had a FB account, and never will. I honestly don't know why people do it.
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UnSubRocky Gold Member Offline Crocodile Hunter: Origins Posts: 25387 Rockhampton Gender:	Re: Hard Evidence Against Facebook Reply #6 - Feb 6^th, 2022 at 5:37pm greggerypeccary wrote on Feb 5^th, 2022 at 9:36am: Never had a FB account, and never will. I honestly don't know why people do it. I use the account to log in to news websites and watch programs.
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Re: Hard Evidence Against Facebook
Reply #7 - Feb 6^th, 2022 at 5:59pm

AiA wrote on Oct 25^th, 2021 at 2:09am:

I am not providing a link because you can easily find many links to this story yourself

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... Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen. Today we learned that a Facebook researcher created a profile that appeared to be of a political conservative North Carolina mother and that within five days, Facebook’s algorithm was steering the profile toward QAnon, a conspiracy theory touting then-president Trump as a secret warrior against a widespread pedophilia ring in the highest levels of government.

Although the fake profile did not follow those recommended groups, the profile was then inundated with groups and pages full of hate speech and disinformation. Other stories recently have emphasized that Facebook officials knew of the radicalization of users before the January 6 insurrection but declined to address the issue.

People often make the mistake of thinking that Facebook profits from the advertising it sells to users, but in fact the system works the opposite way. A media company profits from packaging users to sell to advertisers. Facebook has sliced and diced its users so that it can sell us with pinpoint accuracy to political interests eager to divide us or drive our votes.

It appears we now have hard evidence that the company knew its algorithms were peddling disinformation to divide us, and it did not fix them.

At some stage, hopefully soon, Americans will wake up and realise they're being duped by tech companies pitting American against American.

Both Russia and China are sitting back laughing their arses off at the current level of animosity between the political spectrums.

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