Feb. 11, 2020 Dump Facebook
There is little doubt that Mark Zuckerberg and his flagship, Facebook
propelled Donald Trump to victory in 2016 and is likely to repeat the favor in
2020. He has left the door wide open for Russian trolls and other fake news.
His partners in crime are Twitter and Google who generate $billions in
political advertising making little effort policing its content. They engage in
blatant theft of users’ personal data to bombard them with advertising to
maximize their profits. But Facebook is by far the worsen villain in amplifying
political messages.
There is a longstanding law — Section 230 of the Communications Decency
Act — that insulates social media platforms from legal liability and defamation
and similar claims. Facebook posts false information without taking any
responsibility for its content. There seems to be a cozy relationship between
Trump and Facebook in which Facebook post messages enhancing Trump’s reelection
and in return is fully protected by the enormous power of the presidency.
In 2016, Facebook provided embedded staff to the Trump campaign to
optimize its advertising program.
Brad Parscale, the digital director of Mr. Trump’s 2016 campaign and
now his campaign manager for 2020, admitted that Facebook tilted the
election in Trump’s favor in 2016 and will likely propel him to victory in
2020. Readers, please dump Facebook and save our democracy.
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