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Re:On Russia, Facebook Sends a Message It Wishes It Hadn’t by jbigelow76 on Tuesday February 20, 2018 @01:50PM (#16422850)
In the article the reporter indicates that Mueller's investigation states that advertising wasn't the most damaging part of Russia's FB efforts but rather posts shared through users walls.
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Re:On Russia, Facebook Sends a Message It Wishes It Hadn’t by asabjorn on Tuesday February 20, 2018 @01:58PM (#16422947)
It seems much more problematic for a platform to control personal posts than to control abuse of advertising and promotion mechanisms. The narrative of NYT and much of the media has been that Russia manipulated the pre election by abusing advertising and promotion mechanisms, and debunking that seemingly false narrative is the point of his post. Am I missing something?
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