Re:George Soros: Facebook and Google are a menace to society
by bhouston on Friday January 26, 2018 @11:06AM
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I guess I am not currently litigating whether Soros is evil or not. I think his points are real and others also endorse them.
I guess this is sort of a weird article, just saying what others have said but this time repeating it because the source, Soros, is unique and for some has more authority because is very wealthy. Basically nothing is new in the criticisms.
Re:George Soros: Facebook and Google are a menace to society
by z0ltan on Friday January 26, 2018 @01:55PM
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You must be demented.
Re:George Soros: Facebook and Google are a menace to society
by ethbro on Friday January 26, 2018 @02:47PM
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> You must be demented.
We strive for a higher level of discourse at HN.
Re:George Soros: Facebook and Google are a menace to society
by ben010783 on Friday January 26, 2018 @12:30PM
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In the US, those kind of messages are usually more overt and organizations are legally required to disclose some info about the organization that sponsored the ads. You can (could?) kind of get away with influencing people anonymously using Facebook: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/01/us/politics/russia-2016-e...
At least for the first two points, Soros does the same thing:
1) George Soros also tries to manipulate how the public thinks and feels with his media campaigns
2) he manipulates people’s attention to focus on his political interests
Not saying either are particularly in the right for doing these things but it’s a little funny that this is so alarming for him, a major political donor and influencer