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Facebook Shares Details Of Russia-Bought Ads With US Investigators (cnn.com)
An anonymous reader quotes CNN:
Special counsel Robert Mueller and his team are now in possession of Russian-linked ads run on Facebook during the presidential election, after they obtained a search warrant for the information. Facebook gave Mueller and his team copies of ads and related information it discovered on its site linked to a Russian troll farm, as well as detailed information about the accounts that bought the ads and the way the ads were targeted at American Facebook users, a source with knowledge of the matter told CNN. The disclosure, first reported by the Wall Street Journal, may give Mueller's office a fuller picture of who was behind the ad buys and how the ads may have influenced voter sentiment during the 2016 election...
As CNN reported Thursday, Facebook is still not sure whether pro-Kremlin groups may have made other ad buys intended to influence American politics that it simply hasn't discovered yet. It is even possible that unidentified ad buys may still exist on the social media network today.
As CNN reported Thursday, Facebook is still not sure whether pro-Kremlin groups may have made other ad buys intended to influence American politics that it simply hasn't discovered yet. It is even possible that unidentified ad buys may still exist on the social media network today.
With the rest of the world, Trump has been repugnantly pugnacious and pugilistic, but with Putin, he's been a pussy-cat. Apparently, he's somebody they can work with, unlike his opponent.
The millions of people out there in the civil service don't serve Trump. They serve America, and many have sworn oaths to protect the Constitution from all enemies foreign and domestic. They're doing an admirable job.
The Founding Fathers, in their genius, wrote the Constitution, knowing eventually that people like Trump and Putin would come along. I have a newfound respect for what they built. Trump will not prevail.
Think about what you're saying for a bit.
The Ukraine and Saudis were rooting for Hillary to win. Mexico was certainly anti Trump and may have tried to sway the election away from him too.
Is Facebook going to share that information or conveniently not mention it.
Russia much?
Amazing how much you guys will go to obscure Putin's little bitch beef with Hilary. Contemptible.
Everyone knows that Hilary was by far the better candidate and has a brilliant record of public administrator -- and that Putin destroyed her because he can't stand a successful and prosperous West. Like the evil, filthy, hateful little pervert he is, he hates beautiful things, and has to ruin and defile the West, because his evil black soul can't lift up Russia.
Don't worry, Hilary and the West will have the last laugh.
While I agree good fkn luck. This is the crime too big to jail. If we didn't do squat about banks laundering tens of billions of dollars, lying about ratings, illegally forclosing on people, etc - except bail them out and handsomely pay thier executives- nothing is going to be done about this. Best we can hope for is maybe get Trump out of office (no criminal conviction) and only because republicans can't get basic crap done and even the densest Trump supporters are starting to realize it's all just been lies. The main sources of corruption will still be there and the Russians will have learned how cheap and effective it is to buy thier way into politics.
make it illegal for foreign countries to buy time and/or space for political advertizing, and only US Citizens are allowed to vote or even post comments about politics in the USA
Politics is Treachery, Religion is Brainwashing
Nothing says "Take me seriously!" like a good old fashioned conspiracy theory backed up with zero facts of any sort!
Alex Jones is good for a few things, namely:
1: A good laugh
2: Source material for a drinking game
3: Proving the adage about a fool and their money oh so very right (no pun intended) on a daily basis
The one thing he is NOT good for, is a source of information to cite if you want any non-kool aid drinker to do anything other than roll their eyes, groan, and immediately dismiss you as some crackpot conspiracy nut who probably has tinfoil lining in his underwear. Do yourself a favor and expand your horizons a little in terms of "news" consumption.
How about Russians?
You should ask the media. The Trump-Russian narritive suddenly got very quiet about a month or so back, right around the time th at Debbie Washamaln Schultz's "IT guy" was arrested while trying to leave the country, and that one just keeps getting more interesting. Including that he sold emails(of nearly all the democrats) and classified information to multiple foreign governments.
Om, nomnomnom...