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2018-10-20 Cyber

Facebook launches ‘war room’ to combat election manipulation

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Posted by trailing wife 2018-10-20 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 Don't they mean 'how to combat getting caught manipulating elections?'

Posted by Glenmore 2018-10-20 00:53|| 2018-10-20 00:53|| Front Page Top

#2 ...yeah, pretty much. When they were doing it for Obama, it was like 'wow'.

Posted by Procopius2k 2018-10-20 06:56|| 2018-10-20 06:56|| Front Page Top

#3 And... They're a publisher, not a common carrier. They have now taken ownership of everything published on their sites. Lawyers... file your suits!

Posted by Rob Crawford 2018-10-20 09:33|| 2018-10-20 09:33|| Front Page Top

#4 Ministry of Truth - Facebook Division.

Posted by CrazyFool 2018-10-20 10:37|| 2018-10-20 10:37|| Front Page Top

#5 Facebook launches ‘war room’ to facilitate ~~combat~~ election manipulation

Fixed.

Posted by charger 2018-10-20 12:12|| 2018-10-20 12:12|| Front Page Top

#6 They're a publisher, not a common carrier.

This *is* the crux of the problem. Not a lawyer, but as I understand it, Facebook and Twitter are operating under a clause of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DCMA) that treats them as common carriers, similar to the phone companies in that they are not responsible for the content on their sites.

However, it seems to non-lawyer me, that once they start ~~censoring~~ curating that content, they are essentially a publisher and become responsible for that content. They are business so it isn't a 1st Amendment issue, but we don't allow newspapers and magazines to post death threats and calls for violence. Facebook and Twitter will continue to have the best of both worlds until Congress has the balls to fix the mess it has created. Likely Congress won't until there are some big-ass, high-profile lawsuits over the calls for violence. Lawyers, to the photocopiers!

Posted by SteveS 2018-10-20 13:12|| 2018-10-20 13:12|| Front Page Top

#7 If Facebook was serious about transparency it would reveal all in the war room, their previous employers and previous political contribituions.

Posted by Airandee 2018-10-20 16:56|| 2018-10-20 16:56|| Front Page Top

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