Facebook Quietly Hid Webpages Bragging Of Ability To Influence Elections

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Facebook Quietly Hid Webpages Bragging Of Ability To Influence Elections
Sam Biddle March 14 2018, 12:08 p.m.

WHEN MARK ZUCKERBERG was asked if Facebook had influenced the outcome of the 2016 presidential election, the founder and CEO dismissed the notion that the site even had such power as “crazy.” It was a disingenuous remark. Facebook’s website had an entire section devoted to touting the “success stories” of political campaigns that used the social network to influence electoral outcomes. That page, however, is now gone, even as the 2018 congressional primaries get underway.

The case studies that Facebook used to list from political campaigns, however, included more interesting claims. Facebook’s work with Florida’s Republican Gov. Rick Scott “used link ads and video ads to boost Hispanic voter turnout in their candidate’s successful bid for a second term, resulting in a 22% increase in Hispanic support and the majority of the Cuban vote.” Facebook’s work with the Scottish National Party, a political party in the U.K., was described as “triggering a landslide.”

The “success stories” drop-down menu that once included an entire section for “Government and Politics” is now gone. Pages for the individual case studies, like the Scott campaign and SNP, are still accessible through their URLs, but otherwise seem to have been delisted.

https://theintercept.com/2018/03/14/facebook-election-meddling/?utm_campaign=Revue%20newsletter&utm_medium=Newsletter&utm_source=The%20Interface

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1. Oh damn!

It must suck living in that clueless Facebook bubble, where all that matters is money. No wonder Zuckerberg looks so ill at ease lately.

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2. That bastard bragging about electing a POS like Scott in Florida

is all I need to know about Zuckerberg's evil empire!

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3. I look at Zuckerberg

and I see a man who became too successful and too rich at a much too young age. Right now, he looks like a child who got caught doing something he shouldn't have and he finally realizes there are consequences. I can also hope that he realizes that what he has done was immoral and unprincipled, though I'm inclined to think he is mostly concerned with covering his own ass.

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4. You think that creep cares?

He is a master of the universe like the Koch bros and the Mercer's.

Our lives are just a play toy for those ***kers! They get their jollies destroying us and making our existence a living hell on earth!

Because they need ALL THE MONEY, not to mention...POWER!

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5. He looks really ill at ease

If he cares, I think it is more about getting caught, than doing something wrong. He is smart in his own little universe, but not very worldly or wise.

The Kochs and the Mercers have been doing this for much longer, they know how cover their tracks and survive. Zuckerberg comes across as naive and child-like in comparison. The money and especially the power went to his head.