In some key areas, the uptick of censorship techniques used by social media have been consciously designed to influence the outcome of the next election.
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Replying to @MouthyBuddha
Did the Russians try to influence the 2016 presidential election through social media?
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Replying to @RationalDis
If that’s true, why would 2 wrongs make a right? As you seem to be assuming. You do the “whataboutery” fallacy quite a lot. And you don’t seem to be aware of that. I could say someone got stabbed. And you would pop up saying “did Jeffrey Dahmer stab people?”
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Replying to @MouthyBuddha
I'm just interested to see what portion of your audience believes that (((social media))) is trying to effect elections, but don't think that a government known to medal in foreign elections did interfere with the 2016 election. The results are interesting.
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Replying to @NinePath @MouthyBuddha
Lol I'm not implying why his audience seems to believe one & not the other. I'm just pointing out that some of them do
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You are halfway implying that YOU believe one and not the other. Russian meddling must be true but the idea that silicon valley is trying to influence politics is just silly. Or are you admitting that they are trying to shape public opinion?
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Don’t take my word for it, story broke yesterday. Catch up man. https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/mar/17/cambridge-analytica-facebook-influence-us-election …
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Wait, what does that have to do with your OP?
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