We posed as 100 Senators to run ads on Facebook. Facebook approved all of them

Post by warent » Tue, Oct 30, 2018, 10:52 PM UTC

mrguyorama wrote: post #9

josefresco wrote: post #5

"In announcing new transparency efforts or tools to combat foreign influence, Facebook included a caveat. “These changes will not prevent abuse entirely. We’re up against smart, creative and well-funded adversaries who change their tactics as we spot abuse,” Leathern wrote. But we believe that they will help prevent future interference in elections on Facebook. And it is why they are so important.” But posing as 100…

I wonder how many times "Zuckerberg" is in the code verbatim

Post by rconti » Tue, Oct 30, 2018, 10:55 PM UTC

housingpost wrote: post #12

Isamu wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

§ 11.432 Impersonating a public servant. A person commits a misdemeanor if he or she falsely pretends to hold a position in the public service with purpose to induce another to submit to such pretended official authority or otherwise to act in reliance upon that pretense to his or her prejudice.

That wouldn’t hold up in this case, because of that very important word “purpose”. They weren’t trying to get anything due to authority. In fact they were trying to make sure that Facebook was only approving ads by the actual authority.

Post by eiaoa » Tue, Oct 30, 2018, 10:57 PM UTC

INTPenis wrote: post #18

It's definitely a case of hanlon's razor for Facebook but it does show how easy someone with the right resources can exploit social networking sites to manufacture consent for example.

Post by andrewflnr » Tue, Oct 30, 2018, 11:01 PM UTC

josefresco wrote: post #5

"In announcing new transparency efforts or tools to combat foreign influence, Facebook included a caveat. “These changes will not prevent abuse entirely. We’re up against smart, creative and well-funded adversaries who change their tactics as we spot abuse,” Leathern wrote. But we believe that they will help prevent future interference in elections on Facebook. And it is why they are so important.” But posing as 100…

Post by sonnyblarney » Tue, Oct 30, 2018, 11:09 PM UTC

40acres wrote: post #13

Facebook would not be where it is today if their programmatic advertising tools were not friction-less, it's going to be interesting to watch them balance ease of use for customers while securing their system vs. bad actors.