Like our own President? As I reviewed the press conference late tonight, I wondered at what point we sound the alarm that he’s using active measures on us? t.co/GsvexctPOO
Please stop and read this. It’s from the Republican-led bipartisan Senate Intel Report Volume 5. It’s important we recognize what is happening. It was a landmark report and many of the same actors are still active and engaged.
“This time they’re not writing anything that’s not already said in U.S. space,” often by Mr. Trump himself. They must be flabbergasted and saying, ‘We really don’t need to work hard this time.’” - @selectedwisdom
And yes @selectedwisdom warned us back in 2017.
I’ve been asked why I focus on Google and Facebook but not Apple, Amazon or MSFT. Well only two have businesses built off surveillance advertising and microtargeted content/ads. The same two also regularly not only host but match-make harmful content with vulnerable audiences.
I don’t think one of the largest and most profitable companies in world should also, not only host, but promote video calling for the beheading of the FBI Director. Bannon should have already been on a watch list. This never happens on AMZN, Netflix, MSFT, APPL...just Facebook.
Again, this doesn’t happen on APPL, AMZN, MSFT. But it does on YouTube and Facebook. YouTube was particularly egregious. We knew this was coming, your platforms are being used to undermine democracy.
So yes it’s time for resignations and leadership changes. It’s mindblowing FB played the role it did in 2016 yet covered it up for years without any changes to leadership. Of course, you’ll continue to have more significant issues if the same leadership remains in charge.
Per the above, there is still an all-hands-on-deck to spread disinfo taking its lead from the White House. It needs to be crushed by counter-speech and Facebook/Twitter enforcing their policies rapidly eliminating sharing tools so they don’t amplify the toxic lies.
Here are some more. These need counterspeech. Replies of factual information. Elimination of viral tools by Twitter. Labels and amplification of the facts.
Best thing a lot of people can do right now is retweet this @FoxNews tweet below. Use it to reply to lies. ***I don’t care what you feel about Fox News.*** It’s the most trusted news brand with the people who most clearly are vulnerable to the president’s lies.
ps to be clear, I don’t care or need the retweets. Take the Fox News tweet and share it. Those with large audiences do the same. Even reporters at competitive media outlets should do it - IMHO. Bad actors are coordinating to spread disinfo. You should amplify the facts. Broadly.
Here are more tweets that have gone out since the election was projected by every single independent outlet including Fox, Reuters, NBC, CBS, ABCx CNN, AP. Facebook and Twitter should both be focused on labeling and preventing amplification of these. And amplifying facts.
All of the tweets above are being sent by accounts with hundreds of thousands of followers. The President’s tweet will approach and surpass one million retweets if left to spread. I’m fascinated and worried by the dynamic - they’re all taking his and only his lead for now.
Still being considerably amplified - again, taking their lead from the White House without counterspeech to check them. Most of the public is living within their bubbles and news sources - oblivious to this. I hope I’m wrong but Rudy + Breitbart are making the situation clear.
We’re now indeed pushing 800k retweets and it’s still there. If you read this thread ⬆️ from the top-down, you’ll understand my concern and the role of the platforms.
Thread above still holds. all-hands-on-deck effort to spread disinfo continues taking its lead from Trump. It needs to be crushed by counter-speech and Facebook/Twitter enforcing their policies rapidly eliminating sharing tools so they don’t amplify the toxic lies.
Rudy seems to be all-in, too. Nearly all tweets by Trump, Rudy, et al do have labels so I continue to recognize Twitter’s good work here.
Influentials with hundreds of thousands of followers including even governors, will continue to work to question the results until Trump concedes. Some tweets are opinions / fine but others are terrible so context is important.
Someone just resurfaced this warning thread ⬆️ I started on Nov 6th and closed on Nov 8th. Reading through it again, it’s disturbing to officially end it by recognizing what then happened on January 6th.
Closing this thread out with this series of video documentaries. Many more missed I’m sure.
Woah. Exhibit list just posted for Facebook trial in DE starting in a few weeks. We finally have confirmation Sheryl Sandberg was deposed by the SEC - one week prior to Zuckerberg which also kept secret until a lawsuit unsealed it. Sandberg was also sanctioned in this case. /1
This matters as it gets at Who Knew What When at FB ahead of the world finding out its platform was leaking personal data for years. Zuckerberg was dodgy at best under oath to Congress, FB responses to Parliaments focused on 2018 news. But exhibits include Jan 2017 MZ emails. /2
The DE lawsuit claims Facebook's $5 billion record settlement was inflated in order to protect its CEO, Zuckerberg, and also includes (civil) insider trading claims. Zuckerberg was ordered to sit for multiple day depo this year, will have to testify live. /3
Scanning front pages across America this morning. Still today, the local A1 best captures the biggest story of the day. The majors from NY to LA to Detroit to even Arkansas. /1
From Washington DC all of the way up to the major newspapers in Alaska… the No Kings protest images are everywhere capturing the moment. /2
All of them capture peaceful protest, democracy in action, and what America is all about at a time when social media algorithms may distort what the day was all about. Illinois to Colorado. /3
Incredible work being done by the press to keep facts building on facts. Grateful. This entire WSJ report overnight starting with this lede on how White House orders sparked LA crackdown is both chilling and informative. /1
This statement. “We came to the United States for protection of what we encountered in Russia. It seems that we are encountering here what we fled.” /2
WSJ separating out cases of targeting groups who have not committed crimes but even noting here incredible resources being used against what appears to be clear, First Amendment protected activity alerted the community. Here is the must-read report. /3 wsj.com/us-news/protes…
Confession. Having watched Scott Pelley's outstanding work over nearly three decades, I almost didn't take the time to watch his W.F. commencement speech thinking the news reports told me enough of the facts. Frankly, that would have been a huge mistake on my part. Huge. 1/5
Disclosure: I'm a 60 Minutes fan. In fact, I read Don Hewitt's "Tell Me a Story" after nearly a decade in sports media and it likely tipped the scale in 2007 when I decided to jump to work at CBS. I find Pelley and team brilliant in telling stories in barely 15 min segments. 2/5
“If liberty means anything at all, it means telling someone something that they don’t want to hear. I fear there may be some people in the audience who don’t want to hear what I have to say today but I appreciate your forbearance in this small act of liberty.” - Scott Pelley 3/5
wow, another order for Mark Zuckerberg to sit for another court deposition. This time in a case involving privacy violations with ingesting web-wide health data. Remember they paid billions in cases to try to avoid this. Data and privacy issues are especially sensitive. /1
Zuckerberg depositions are interesting as they often go on for hours with highly informed attorneys driving for answers. And those answers may be put up against the often questioned veracity of his answers to Congress. Yes, as a CEO, he has testified to Congress A LOT. /2
I think his first real depo was SEC on very sensitive data scandal leading to $5B+ settlements with FTC+SEC. That scandal is still playing out in courts (did he overpay to protect himself?) It took 3yrs to get unsealed after I caught it in a footnote. /3
The Verge comes in with a massive scoop on the backstory reporting it was Musk - and Sacks - behind the scenes trying to blow up IP to train AI on behalf of his allies. This wouldn't be a surprise to anyone. /1
they have reports and details on the carnage and firing of the leadership and on the possible incorrect assumption that the new people in charge were running their playbook. /2
It may be rare that @mrddmia is in agreement with Dems but in the world of accountability for big tech abuse whether over data, monetization, IP, censorship, privacy, you name it, these aren't partisan issues. appreciate the shared voice from advocates all around. /3