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All images of the Facebook ads Russians purchased during the election

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Re: All images of the Facebook ads Russians purchased during the election

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Post by lucb1e »

> These are images of the Facebook ads the Russians purchased to try and alter the 2016 U.S. Election. These were released from Congress

And what does congress base this on? Looking through a bunch, they don't seem to favor either Hillary or Donald... is it supposed to prove that the elections weren't tampered with? Or am I missing something?

Edit: managed to find one! Against Donald: https://www.documentingreality.com/forum/russian-ads/2016-Q4...

Edit 2: Oh and 2017-Q3 has a lot in favor of Donald's wall and poses Hillary as satan (for no apparent reason). Perhaps that's the proof? By far the smallest album of them all? I am not saying I don't believe the Russians influenced the elections, but I do not see anything obvious for or against in this dataset, either.

Re: All images of the Facebook ads Russians purchased during the election

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Post by minitel »

mieseratte wrote: post #2

Having seen my fair share of vitriolic content during the past election cycle, most of these images honestly seem quiet tame.

I think the point is that they pander to both sides of any argument to increase the divide and lessen the chances of society making a sane compromise. Much more effective than just spewing insanity and hyperbole.

Extreme progressives would destabilize the country by setting up structural racism and sexism in order to achieve "equity", dissolving borders, gutting the police, and over taxing companies.

Extreme rightists would destabilize the country by repealing too much of the social safety net, closing down the country to immigrants, militarizing the police, and letting companies behave anti-socially with no repercussions.

Our enemies are smart to try to push us into embracing extreme policies. Either way they win. Because when our institutions start to fail we won't be able to project power anymore. It will draw us off of the world stage to some extent.

Re: All images of the Facebook ads Russians purchased during the election

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Post by retox »

lucb1e wrote: post #3

> These are images of the Facebook ads the Russians purchased to try and alter the 2016 U.S. Election. These were released from Congress And what does congress base this on? Looking through a bunch, they don't seem to favor either Hillary or Donald... is it supposed to prove that the elections weren't tampered with? Or am I missing something? Edit: managed to find one! Against Donald: https://www.documentingreality.c…

Probably the same ignorance that leads all port scans from Russian VPNs to be labeled as RUSSIAN HAX. Some were paid for is rubles but anyone can do that.

Here is the first image I clicked on at random. What is this evidence of? https://www.documentingreality.com/forum/russian-ads/2015-Q2...

Re: All images of the Facebook ads Russians purchased during the election

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Post by astrodust »

lucb1e wrote: post #3

> These are images of the Facebook ads the Russians purchased to try and alter the 2016 U.S. Election. These were released from Congress And what does congress base this on? Looking through a bunch, they don't seem to favor either Hillary or Donald... is it supposed to prove that the elections weren't tampered with? Or am I missing something? Edit: managed to find one! Against Donald: https://www.documentingreality.c…

The goal was to sow division, disrupt the entire process, and in the chaos their preferred candidate could thrive.

Re: All images of the Facebook ads Russians purchased during the election

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Post by Maybestring »

lucb1e wrote: post #3

> These are images of the Facebook ads the Russians purchased to try and alter the 2016 U.S. Election. These were released from Congress And what does congress base this on? Looking through a bunch, they don't seem to favor either Hillary or Donald... is it supposed to prove that the elections weren't tampered with? Or am I missing something? Edit: managed to find one! Against Donald: https://www.documentingreality.c…

Q3-2017 does seem a little late for influencing the 2016 election.

Re: All images of the Facebook ads Russians purchased during the election

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Post by RcouF1uZ4gsC »

astrodust wrote: post #6
lucb1e wrote: post #3

> These are images of the Facebook ads the Russians purchased to try and alter the 2016 U.S. Election. These were released from Congress And what does congress base this on? Looking through a bunch, they don't seem to favor either Hillary or Donald... is it supposed to prove that the elections weren't tampered with? Or am I missing something? Edit: managed to find one! Against Donald: https://www.documentingreality.c…

The goal was to sow division, disrupt the entire process, and in the chaos their preferred candidate could thrive.

I think more division, disruption, and chaos was caused by the people freaking out over Russian influence than by the actual Russian influence.
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