Gizmodo: Facebook Employees Asked Mark Zuckerberg If They Should Try to Stop a Donald Trump Presidency
This week, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg appeared to publicly denounce the political positions of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign during the keynote speech of the company’s annual F8 developer conference.
“I hear fearful voices calling for building walls and distancing people they label as ‘others,’” Zuckerberg said, never referring to Trump by name. “I hear them calling for blocking free expression, for slowing immigration, for reducing trade, and in some cases, even for cutting access to the internet.”
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WNU Editor: Can the main stream media influence an election .... the answer is yes. Can social media .... with an even bigger base and reach influence an election .... the answer is also equally yes. In the case of Facebook, they are sticking to this position .... Facebook Says it Doesn't Try to Influence How People Vote (Gizmodo). More here .... Facebook says it won't mess with voters' minds (Cnet).
More News On Reports That Facebook May Influence The U.Sn Presidential Election
Facebook denies that it would ever try to influence the election -- The Hill
Facebook employees ask Mark Zuckerberg if they should help stop Donald trump's campaign -- Daily Mail
Report: Facebook Employees Explore ‘Responsibility’ to Stop Donald Trump -- Washington Free Beacon
Facebook employees to Zuckerberg: Can we prevent President Trump? -- New York Post
Facebook Employees Asked Mark Zuckerberg Whether They Should Thwart Trump -- Inverse
Facebook promises not to use its product to influence the US presidential election -- Business Insider
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Facebook has already proven its willingness and ability to alter user's opinions.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/30/technology/facebook-tinkers-with-users-emotions-in-news-feed-experiment-stirring-outcry.html
If we are all controlled by our Id and Facebook controls the Id, who controls us?
It's all just shadows on the wall...
Thank you for the link Matthew. Good point.
Yes, but if people know what they're doing it'd be this much harder to pull off. And if Trump catches wind of it he'd make sure people know it. That's kind of his main tactic right now I think. Every time he is "whining" about the delegate selection process or talking about how the GOP leadership would like to cheat him out of the contested convention, he's making it harder for them to actually pull it off since they would be obviously proving him right. It's brilliant.
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