Facebook hid webpages bragging of ability to influence elections

Post by oldsklgdfth » Tue, Mar 27, 2018, 6:13 PM UTC

smsm42 wrote: post #80

oldsklgdfth wrote: post #79

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>That's the same thing Yea, I'll conceed that. >Facebook or any social media has zero influence on districting I don't think facebook or big data are responsible for districting. I think that access to their data makes district gerrymandering a certainty, rather than some guessing game. In the past I'm guessing they had to go door-to-door to take the temprature on issues and try to figure out where people stand polit…

I don't recall politicians ever having problem with setting up gerrymandering, way before Facebook was a thing. It doesn't have to be exact on the individual level, for its purposes plain old voting patterns data is more than enough.

Post by mijowi » Wed, Mar 28, 2018, 12:11 AM UTC

politician wrote: post #42

mijowi wrote: post #37

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They're just doing their job. It's company leadership that should be ashamed.

Some people don't believe folks are let off the hook because they are "just following orders." Other people believe that following orders lets people off the hook. We see this over and over again in every discussion about corporate malfeasance (not to mention war). It appears you're of the latter mindset while the parent is of the former. Consider not down voting what amounts to a legitimate philosophical difference.