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Facebook Says It Can't Guarantee Social Media is Good For Democracy (reuters.com)
Facebook said on Monday that it could offer no assurance that social media was on balance good for democracy, but noted that it was trying what it could to stop alleged meddling in elections by Russia or anyone else. From a report: The sharing of false or misleading headlines on social media has become a global issue, after accusations that Russia tried to influence votes in the United States, Britain and France. Moscow denies the allegations.
Facebook, the largest social network with more than 2 billion users, addressed social media's role in democracy in blog posts from a Harvard University professor, Cass Sunstein, and from an employee working on the subject. "I wish I could guarantee that the positives are destined to outweigh the negatives, but I can't," Samidh Chakrabarti, a Facebook product manager, wrote in his post. Facebook, he added, has a "moral duty to understand how these technologies are being used and what can be done to make communities like Facebook as representative, civil and trustworthy as possible."
Facebook, the largest social network with more than 2 billion users, addressed social media's role in democracy in blog posts from a Harvard University professor, Cass Sunstein, and from an employee working on the subject. "I wish I could guarantee that the positives are destined to outweigh the negatives, but I can't," Samidh Chakrabarti, a Facebook product manager, wrote in his post. Facebook, he added, has a "moral duty to understand how these technologies are being used and what can be done to make communities like Facebook as representative, civil and trustworthy as possible."
Our former commander-n-chimp, obama, went to Putin under the illusion that Putin was the Soviet Union. obama wanted to draw down American nuclear capabilities to make his Soviet Union "wet dream" fantasy to come true. obama was on an open mic and was heard doing this prior to the end of "the age or reason", i.e. November 2012. Little did obama know that Putin is finding his faith in Russian Orthodoxy. Later, when the 2014 Olympics came along, obama was butthurt because Putin didn't want the gay plague sold as a lifestyle in Russia. Russia stopped meddling in Sochi. Russia did not meddle in Killary Clinton's campaign or in the general election. Russia did not "help Trump either. This is just another "myth from the libtards" for the softheaded. The libtards live in a world where they think they can reverse the 2016 election. They think a man can be a woman and the reverse. Libtards need mental illness help.