Russians tied to the Kremlin set up an unknown number of bots posing as humans to spread fake news, lies, alternative facts about Hillary so Trump would win the election. They plan... moreRussians tied to the Kremlin set up an unknown number of bots posing as humans to spread fake news, lies, alternative facts about Hillary so Trump would win the election. They planted all kinds of stories that never happened and gullible Facebookers apparently couldn't tell they were lies and spread the fake stuff around like manure. Russians trolled Facebook for a few years. Now it was discovered as early as December 2015 that this was going on but Zuckerberg kept denying it. Repeatedly. Consistently. Over and over and over. FINALLY he came clean and admitted it. Dogged reporters kept the story alive and kept investigating until Zuckerberg had nowhere to go but to admit it. I guess he was duped too. Allegedly those bot accounts have been cleaned out but HOW DO YOU TELL a fake account from a real account? Russians went to great lengths to set up fake people spreading fake news and many gullible people sucked it up. Russians knew how easily led some Americans are and so they led them by the nose and Trump won the... less
The ads consisted of fake news set up to see how sensitive people were to particular topics and once they were identified they became targets for future fake news during the prez p... moreThe ads consisted of fake news set up to see how sensitive people were to particular topics and once they were identified they became targets for future fake news during the prez political campaign. The ads were purchased from June 2015 through May 2017. I wonder wonder wonder wonder wonder on whose behalf these fake ads were placed and who bit and who bought the lies? I wonder wonder wonder. Do you too? It was thought to be a BETA test to see which voters were susceptible so they could be 'managed/manipulated' for future use. Were you conned or or you unconnable? less
Humans are badly flawed. Unless/until they can become dispassionate/aloof/emotionless they will always make subjective choices. If a computer program can beat a human at chess why ... moreHumans are badly flawed. Unless/until they can become dispassionate/aloof/emotionless they will always make subjective choices. If a computer program can beat a human at chess why not have a computer program decide the fate of others?
