Meta says it has found and disabled thousands of fake Facebook accounts linked to China that were used to spread politically partisan content in the United States before next year’s election.
    • corsicanguppy
      7·
      1 year ago

      For Meta to find the left it would have to lean so far over. Just finding center may require a lean so far as to topple.

      One doesn’t make money selling granola to hippies; it’s sex and hate and fear and guns for fat old white hillbilly men where the actual money’s at.

    • scaredoftrumpwinning@lemmy.world
      3·
      1 year ago

      Could it be the ad drain on x when musk musked it up? Maybe they want a place for the x ex advertisers to go? I agree they didn’t do it out of love for democracy or seeking truth.

    • YoBuckStopsHere@lemmy.worldEnglish
      14·
      1 year ago

      The interconnected accounts pulled content from both liberal and conservative sources, an indication that its goal was not to support one side or the other but to exaggerate partisan divisions and further inflame polarization.

      See, both sides, Facebook doesn’t like both sides.

  • thanks_shakey_snake
    82·
    1 year ago

    Phew, imagine what a disaster it would be if, hypothetically of course, the electorate was deeply polarized during an election.

    Close one.

  • brothershamus@kbin.social
    4·
    1 year ago

    You mean like there were in 2016 when Meta was okie-fuckin dokie with it and refused to help or do any goddamned thing? Deleted some of those accounts you say? Oh how nice. I guess everything’s just dandy with the ol’ facepals these days eh

    • Rashnet@kbin.social
      3·
      1 year ago

      I retired in 2019 and spent months tracing accounts and reporting fake accounts to facebook and never had one account removed from my reports. I found the Dorr brothers alt accounts and exposed their astroturfing various gun groups and anti-quarantine groups that acted like local grassroots groups for a large number of locations. A Washington Post article (and several other news orgs picked up the story) was published after I contacted a reporter about what I found and handed over the evidence I found. Facebook didn’t remove one single group or account linked to the Dorr Brothers.

      The point I’m getting to is I just had a post of mine removed two days ago for “Cybersecurity” reasons. The post was made in August and was nothing more than me explaining Project 2025 and contained quotes from the Project 2025 manifesto. No links and in no way could be a threat to anyone’s security. Facebook is anti-democracy and a threat.