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KLAXON! Facebook newsroom has announced a new research project on 2020 election. By Sir Nick Clegg.

‘One of the much debated questions around social media is: what impact does it have on democracy’

NO. SHIT. SHERLOCK
How furious does this post make me? Let me count the ways.

‘Facebook has helped fight interference in more than 200 elections since 2017’

WHAT. THE. ACTUAL. FUCK?
‘As a company we looked hard at what went wrong with Russian interference in 2016’

OH. PLEASE.

Hard?!? You turned over some limited material when forced by congress. You have taken zero responsibility. And ‘Russian interference’ was only 1 single strand. What about the rest??
And what about Brexit, Nick? Or that your boss refused to give evidence to reps of 7 parliaments. How did that help Facebook’s ‘wider effort to protect elections’??? And when you say you work ‘closely with govt & law enforcement’, you mean ‘when compelled’
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The sheer arrogance of this
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WOW. This is pretty mind-blowing. The FBI identified 'Peace Data' as a Russian disinformation operation. But look at it see what it's promoting: a take-down of #RussiaReport. Extraordinary to see Kremlin & Boris Johnson are literally united in dismissing this report
Two other key points: more evidence that UK & US are both key targets for Russian disinfo. But note: it was FBI that tipped off Facebook & Twitter. Presumably because as #RussiaReport itself stated, WE DO NOT HAVE SINGLE AGENCY IN CHARGE OF PROTECTING US FROM FOREIGN INTERFERENCE
Finally, idea that Kremlin only helps the right, or favour the Conservatives is helpfully exposed as a lie. This is a leftist narrative about why #RussiaReport is a waste of time. It is not about politics! It's basic national security. You can help here:
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Spoiler: Britain already did
March 12. The day Britain stopped testing. And let the virus rip. It was also the day we first learned the govt’s strategy was ‘herd immunity’. Not a single person has been held to account. Or even questioned about their role in it
And now we’ve exported it to America. Good luck with that, guys

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Facebook is a malignant global power destroying liberal democracy - when I said this at TED, it seemed to genuinely shock Silicon Valley.

16 months on, everyone now sees it. But we’re frozen in the headlights. Of what feels like an oncoming freight train
Two people murdered by a white supremacist called to arms by a Facebook post Facebook refused to take down is an ‘operational mistake’.

Genocide. Subverted elections. Holocaust denial. A live-streamed massacre. What evidence do we need?

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What is happening on Facebook right now is deeply chilling. We only know what we do thanks to detailed committed reporting by @juliacarriew @BrandyZadrozny @kevinroose @donie @JaneLytv & many more. But the world has failed to act. I dread what happens next
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