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Month: February 2017

Paid propagandists control social media discourse

Paid propagandists control social media discourse

Attkisson: When people get online every day and take part in social media or do searches for news, what is it you think they don’t know? Matthew Brown: I don’t think they know they’re being manipulated. Matthew Brown is a data analyst who pierces the secrecy behind paid efforts to influence online. Attkisson: What areas of the Internet are used to shape and manipulate opinion? Matthew Brown: Everywhere social. Everywhere social means specific Facebook pages, but it also means the…

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NY Times reports women’s FB page suspended after quoting the Bible

NY Times reports women’s FB page suspended after quoting the Bible

She apparently responded to a comment on her page by directly quoting the Bible – six months ago. Six months later, Facebook suspended her account for a week. Source: (NY Times) Facebook accused of ‘liberal bias’ after suspending account of Christian blogger who cited the Bible on homosexuality Facebook does not usually tell someone the specific reason their account has been suspended – only says the user has violated their community standards. Did someone post a comment on my web…

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NY Times reports women's FB page suspended after quoting the Bible

NY Times reports women's FB page suspended after quoting the Bible

She apparently responded to a comment on her page by directly quoting the Bible – six months ago. Six months later, Facebook suspended her account for a week. Source: (NY Times) Facebook accused of ‘liberal bias’ after suspending account of Christian blogger who cited the Bible on homosexuality Facebook does not usually tell someone the specific reason their account has been suspended – only says the user has violated their community standards. Did someone post a comment on my web…

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Scott Adams, creator of Dilbert, shadow banned by Twitter

Scott Adams, creator of Dilbert, shadow banned by Twitter

Source: Scott Adams’ Blog – Scott Adams says he was shadow banned by Twitter. Apparently the ban has been removed as I can see his Tweets on Twitter at this time. Shadow banning is a form of propaganda messaging that I  overlooked. A “shadow ban” is a sneaky way of censoring someone’s voice by hiding their output from everyone else – but still enabling the poster to see his or her own posts. The poster is unaware of the censorship because…

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