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getagrip_already

(17,802 posts) Tue Jan 7, 2020, 04:23 PM Jan 2020

Facebook executive: we got Trump elected, and we shouldn't stop him in 2020 [View all]

https://www.theverge.com/2020/1/7/21055348/facebook-trump-election-2020-leaked-memo-bosworth

In a memo obtained by The New York Times and publicly posted, a Facebook executive says the company’s platform was responsible for electing Donald Trump president in 2016, but he warned employees against using the company’s power to stop Trump’s reelection in 2020.

What a piece of shit. Fwiw, he "claims" trump won because of a brilliant digital campaign. BS. That campaign came from russia and cambridge analytica and was reinforced by facebook execs like himself.

More than a little self serving revisionism.

But what ever you do, don't stop trump in 2020! POS.

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Facebook executive: we got Trump elected, and we shouldn't stop him in 2020 [View all] getagrip_already Jan 2020 OP

Just WOW. Zoonart Jan 2020 #1

I hope this destroys Facebook and exposes them as a right wing operative. kimbutgar Jan 2020 #2

+1000 smirkymonkey Jan 2020 #3

I'm sure we're both on the same page as to what we would like to happen to Zuckerberg and Thiel kimbutgar Jan 2020 #4

+1. No one should forget Thiel and his data-mining company dalton99a Jan 2020 #20

LOL, are you kidding? Skittles Jan 2020 #24

If i was on Facebook I'd quit. dem4decades Jan 2020 #5

The whole darn thing - those interested should read before commenting OKNancy Jan 2020 #6

thanks. and, yes, people SHOULD read (nt) stopdiggin Jan 2020 #9

Hes full of shit Cosmocat Jan 2020 #23

+1. "Cambridge Analytica is a total non-event" dalton99a Jan 2020 #34

worthy of its own thread Skittles Jan 2020 #28

FAIR AND BALANCED: He forgot to mention that he gave $113,231 to the Facebook PAC in 2015-2016 dalton99a Jan 2020 #33

Hmm..."To be clear, I'm no fan of Trump. I donated the max to Hillary. " progressoid Jan 2020 #35

The FB executive makes at least one demonstrably false statement: yardwork Jan 2020 #60

Wow, those were sure some self-serving "thoughts"! DeminPennswoods Jan 2020 #61

nitwit and apathetic evertonfc Jan 2020 #7

ummm? NOT a big FB fan by any means stopdiggin Jan 2020 #8

uhmm, no, it's what he wasn't saying.... getagrip_already Jan 2020 #10

This. octoberlib Jan 2020 #12

I read the entire post -- with a keen eye for the "self serving" stopdiggin Jan 2020 #14

Interesting take away. What brought you to arthritisR_US Jan 2020 #54

my take away stopdiggin Jan 2020 #65

THANK YOU !!! uponit7771 Jan 2020 #44

If Facebook had any integrity at all, octoberlib Jan 2020 #11

A lot of power has been bestowed KT2000 Jan 2020 #13

Facebook is destroying itself from within bucolic_frolic Jan 2020 #15

THIS Cosmocat Jan 2020 #25

Not surprised by a un-American company rockfordfile Jan 2020 #16

Zuckerberg is a Russian asset. infullview Jan 2020 #17

+1 2naSalit Jan 2020 #42

+1 uponit7771 Jan 2020 #45

Zuckerberg wants to keep his tax cuts dalton99a Jan 2020 #18

Most of my friends and family - OhZone Jan 2020 #19

That's the problem bucolic_frolic Jan 2020 #21

Yeah - OhZone Jan 2020 #22

Okay all you f..ckbook users.. time to boycott. Thekaspervote Jan 2020 #26

He is partially correct but it was Russian bots using Facebook that actually carried it out. totodeinhere Jan 2020 #27

If you haven't already... Loge23 Jan 2020 #29

Elect Democratic candidates everywhere in 2020 and then let's go after FB. NoMoreRepugs Jan 2020 #30

I hope Iran cyber terrorists take out Fuckbook. Ilsa Jan 2020 #31

Dump Facebook malaise Jan 2020 #32

you know what I think of people who were never sucked into the FB Borg Skittles Jan 2020 #52

My siblings now understand malaise Jan 2020 #55

I think it's hilarous hearing people so concerned about internet privacy Skittles Jan 2020 #56

Hahahahahahhaha malaise Jan 2020 #57

I also have evaded them to date pecosbob Jan 2020 #58

He knows we are going to shut them down. n/t OneCrazyDiamond Jan 2020 #36

It's Not Just Zuckerberg who supported Trump, All the filthy rich did. Farmer-Rick Jan 2020 #37

+100000 bdamomma Jan 2020 #50

You folks arent making the fb pr agency happy at all... getagrip_already Jan 2020 #38

K&R burrowowl Jan 2020 #39

Remember when FB sold out our democracy to Cambridge Analytica? joost5 Jan 2020 #40

Zuckerberg needs another buck so he'll do it again Farmer-Rick Jan 2020 #63

Here's the true dat . . . underthematrix Jan 2020 #41

Russia helped Trump via FaceBook ... fuck facebook uponit7771 Jan 2020 #43

We need government regulation of these rogue social media corporations. jcmaine72 Jan 2020 #46

Twitter is just as culpable as Facebook. Trump should have been banned long ago. LisaM Jan 2020 #47

He was not legitimately elected Meowmee Jan 2020 #48

Why anyone wants to use that sewer is beyond me. sinkingfeeling Jan 2020 #49

But I'm told here on DU all the time that FB is just fine, no problem at all. Squinch Jan 2020 #51

Most people don't accept the main point of my objection.... KY_EnviroGuy Jan 2020 #53

I totally agree. With all of that. Squinch Jan 2020 #62

'A brilliant digital strategy' my ass pecosbob Jan 2020 #59

warren is correct... fb and others need to be broken up...... getagrip_already Jan 2020 #64