'Truth is not the goal.' Facebook 'news' site admits to misleading 50,000 NC followers

[G_j]

https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/article240366106.html

College students, Alec Baldwin or a Russian bot?
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The page, which has garnered more than 50,000 followers since it was created Jan. 24, posts a mix of real and fake news. Now it has some people — including police in one North Carolina city — trying to parse fact from fiction.
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Meanwhile, some posts written in Russian have spurred talks of foreign bots and interference ahead of the November election.

On Monday, administrators of the group told McClatchy News they are students at N.C. State University in Raleigh who are conducting a “social media project to see how fast news will spread.” They did not provide their names.

“Truth is not the goal,” administrators said in a private Facebook message. “Getting Trump re-elected is the ultimate goal.”

A spokesperson from N.C. State told McClatchy News they had no knowledge of “any type of ‘social media project’” the page administrator cited.

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[Coventina]

1. And still, we have Facebook apologists here on DU

[bdamomma]

2. maybe

it's good thing to be in the enemy camp to see what's going on. Just saying.