Peter Thiel sells most of remaining Facebook stake

Re:Peter Thiel sells most of remaining Facebook stake by myth_drannon on Wednesday November 22, 2017 @03:54PM (#15760528)

"Continuing Transparency on Russian Activity" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15758852 "It is important that people understand how foreign actors tried to sow division and mistrust using Facebook before and after the 2016 US election."

FB angered the US government by allowing foreign agents to use its tools. So that's only an example of Russians using it on Americans. Now imagine how the US government is using it. You are not going to see it in this "Transparency" report that's for sure.

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Re:Peter Thiel sells most of remaining Facebook stake by njarboe on Wednesday November 22, 2017 @04:54PM (#15761045)

Or imagine corporations using it.

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Re:Peter Thiel sells most of remaining Facebook stake by myth_drannon on Wednesday November 22, 2017 @06:58PM (#15761749)

Yes, Monsanto/agribusinesses/GMO or Pharma/Opioids crisis possibly are using FB to sway public's opinion. It would be great if this FB's transparency tool wouldn't be limited to Russians. I think there is an opportunity for development of some sort of network analysis tools or visualizations similar to how newspapers analyzed Panama papers.

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