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

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Post by mlb_hn » Fri, May 11, 2018, 10:11 PM UTC

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…

To clear up your question, I believe it was Facebook that identified the ads as being of Russian origin and specifically purchased by Internet Research Agency (and then provided to Congress)

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

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Post by zerostar07 » Fri, May 11, 2018, 10:17 PM UTC

i wonder if this release is going to be the turning point for the current facebook anti-hype cycle? the ads don't paint such a horrible picture as it was supposed to be.

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

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Post by Cowicide » Fri, May 11, 2018, 10:21 PM UTC

zerostar07 wrote: post #12

i wonder if this release is going to be the turning point for the current facebook anti-hype cycle? the ads don't paint such a horrible picture as it was supposed to be.

Yep, a picture of SpongeBob made me vote for Bernie instead of Hillary. Had nothing to do with her record or anything.

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

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Post by jbuzbee » Fri, May 11, 2018, 10:22 PM UTC

The wording on many of these ads is odd. In hindsight they are clearly written by a non-native english writer, but perhaps the Facebook audience is used to awkward writing by their peers?

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

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Post by baddox » Fri, May 11, 2018, 10:22 PM UTC

RcouF1uZ4gsC wrote: post #10

astrodust wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

Even if that’s true, doesn’t it still count?

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

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Post by johnpowell » Fri, May 11, 2018, 10:23 PM UTC

jonpon wrote: post #9

I see a bunch of the pictures they advertised organized events. How did that work if these ads and supposedly pages were run by Russians? Were those events real? Who showed up? Who organized the protest on the ground?

Yes.. People showed up and got fighty.

And this is a tiny blip compared to hacking into the DNC's email servers. I see a lot of these ads are stupid and people totally think that was all there was. The ads were the part of the iceberg you can see.

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

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Post by dreamfactored » Fri, May 11, 2018, 10:24 PM UTC

RcouF1uZ4gsC wrote: post #10

astrodust wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

That's exactly why Russia has done it so openly - to sow greater division and chaos.

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

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Post by barake » Fri, May 11, 2018, 10:25 PM UTC

jonpon wrote: post #9

I see a bunch of the pictures they advertised organized events. How did that work if these ads and supposedly pages were run by Russians? Were those events real? Who showed up? Who organized the protest on the ground?

Here's an article that talks a out two events, a protest and counter-protest: http://money.cnn.com/2018/01/26/media/russia-trolls-facebook...

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

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Post by stefan_ » Fri, May 11, 2018, 10:29 PM UTC

minitel wrote: post #4

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 rightist…

Nothing could ever make compromise more unlikely than a winner take all voting system that has then predictably created exactly two parties whose followers again following the incentives rarely have an original though beyond "the enemy of my enemy is my friend".

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

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Post by ballenf » Fri, May 11, 2018, 10:29 PM UTC

Any ideas how prohibiting these types of ads next election cycle will pass constitutional muster? Most were several steps removed from references to any election. And non-citizens residents are generally held to have rights under the 1st Amendment (https://www.google.com/search?q=non+citizens+1st+amendment)

Or will it just be Facebook blocking them by way of policy?