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In reply to the discussion: Facebook sent its employees to Donald Trumps campaign office to help with online marketing [View all]JoeStuckInOH
(544 posts)35. As far as I'm concerned, Facebook is an online social media company.
They exist to make their shareholder's money and they deal in personal information and human information. They sell off information about users and sell ad space to the highest bidders and, as far as I'm aware, nothing regulating their stances in partisan politics. I don't expect corporations to necessarily be upstanding or have a conscience. They exist to make money. Trump paid them money... they delivered. If any rules were broken, I'm sure it's in the Trump camp.
Perhaps laws need written to limit the influence social media has on elections and election contributions.
But as of right now, I don't think Facebook was in the wrong whatsoever and don't have shit to answer for.
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Facebook sent its employees to Donald Trumps campaign office to help with online marketing [View all]
UCmeNdc
Sep 2017
OP
Reported or not, no business entity can contribute in-kind donations, and there are limits, too.
George II
Sep 2017
#14
Regarding critical difference, I would also suggest intent. There is a big difference between
c-rational
Sep 2017
#22
How much are they going to pay to deprogram the people that were so completely
Baitball Blogger
Sep 2017
#20
if i owned a company and someone wanted to spend big$$$$$ with me god damn right i would help them
dembotoz
Sep 2017
#21
Facebook and Google will do this for any high dollar spender. Doesn't mean they supported Trump
octoberlib
Sep 2017
#36