Removing Bad Actors on Facebook

Re:Removing Bad Actors on Facebook by 18pfsmt on Tuesday July 31, 2018 @06:18PM (#17657773)

I'm pretty sure the Steele dossier was not made public until Jan. 10, 2017 (i.e. after the election):

https://www.buzzfeed.com/kenbensinger/these-reports-allege-t...

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Re:Removing Bad Actors on Facebook by evunveot on Wednesday August 01, 2018 @12:06AM (#17659573)

Steele was shopping it around to media outlets extensively before the election, and Mother Jones reported on it on October 31, 2016:

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/10/veteran-spy-gav...

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Re:Removing Bad Actors on Facebook by SimbaOnSteroids on Tuesday July 31, 2018 @06:52PM (#17658024)

Furthermore it was raw intelligence not meant for public consumption.

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Re:Removing Bad Actors on Facebook by programmarchy on Tuesday July 31, 2018 @09:52PM (#17659014)

But wasn’t the Steele dossier used to get a FISA warrant to spy on the campaign, after the original request was denied?

Politicizing the intelligence apparatus would be highly disturbing, even moreso than when the Obama administration apparently used the IRS to target political opponents [1] like the tea party.

[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/IRS_targeting_controversy

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Re:Removing Bad Actors on Facebook by equalunique on Wednesday August 01, 2018 @12:28AM (#17659675)

Upvoted. I hope your comment does not get flagged like mine have been.

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