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3. no. I also want a list of all the actual fake news sites that were set up by people just looking

Reply to NightWatcher (Reply #2)

Wed Nov 1, 2017, 10:43 PM

Nov 2017

to make a buck like the ones from Macedonia that didn't care about the elections, but found Trump voters more gullible and more likely to like, share and click to their website and give them google ad revenue.

http://www.npr.org/2016/12/14/505547295/fake-news-expert-on-how-false-stories-spread-and-why-people-believe-them

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Here are some Russian ads that deceived users on FB and Instagram [View all] Honeycombe8 Nov 2017 OP

The Union Square shows my apt building. BigmanPigman Nov 2017 #1

I want a list of all the fake ads, so I can post them and say NightWatcher Nov 2017 #2

no. I also want a list of all the actual fake news sites that were set up by people just looking OhioBlue Nov 2017 #3

Expect a response like ProudLib72 Nov 2017 #4

+1. nt Honeycombe8 Nov 2017 #8

I remember being apalled when a fellow Dem told me Facebook milestogo Nov 2017 #5

Me, too! I've seen it in this forum, too! FB for NEWS? Seriously? I wouldn't even trust... Honeycombe8 Nov 2017 #9

Glad I never did FB and Instagram JFC lunasun Nov 2017 #6

Me, too. I don't think I would have fallen for these, anyway. I get my news thru legit news orgs. nt Honeycombe8 Nov 2017 #7

OMG these all read like a Russian wrote them! lagomorph777 Nov 2017 #10

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