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I saw questions last night whether Parscale admittance to hospital related to NYT report. I would instead look across the Atlantic. This reporting in two hours can only lead to perjury charges for Parscale. https://twitter.com/channel4news/status/1310584937356103686
to 60 Minutes 
to House Intel @RepSpeier
Again, the issue has always been Facebook’s capacity to microtarget with “dark ads” leading to voter suppression and amplification/velocity/reach of misleading and voter suppression messaging. A transparent ad archive has always been a red herring.
Here is the web report on the @Channel4News report about to air. https://www.channel4.com/news/revealed-trump-campaign-strategy-to-deter-millions-of-black-americans-from-voting-in-2016
Need I remind everyone the evidence shows Facebook knew what was happening and even had staff working alongside the operation in texas. Do not let an anonymous Facebook spokesperson's comment to @Channel4News portray this as OLD News. Thread.... https://twitter.com/jason_kint/status/1154072807854284802?s=20
and they are live. it's a whopping 21 minutes after edit.
I haven't seen it so watching now personally. Trust me, absolute MUST WATCH.
I haven't seen it so watching now personally. Trust me, absolute MUST WATCH.
here is a cue to a key example why this matters. "On election day 2016...turnout of black voters in Wisconsin collapsed by 19%. The margin of victory in the state just 23,000 votes."
wow, they went door to door to follow up on with the black voters in the database marked for "deterrence." Public broadcasting and journalism are important, y'all.
Here is Annette Clinton... (yes last name coincidence doesn't escape me)...watch her.
Here is Annette Clinton... (yes last name coincidence doesn't escape me)...watch her.
Here are two other victims.
“We can’t tell you how many messages were targeted at Black voters or what was in them because Facebook won’t tell us.”
“What do you think of Facebook’s role here?” to VP of @NAACP.
Now it's time to revisit a leaked memo by Mark Zuckerberg lieutenant and senior executive, Andrew Bosworth. The evidence points to Facebook execs (Bosworth, Sandberg, Zuckerberg, Schrage, DC policy shop) have engaged in a multi-year cover-up. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/07/technology/facebook-andrew-bosworth-memo.html
Also turn back the clock to “Without Facebook we wouldn’t have won” https://twitter.com/jamiejbartlett/status/1150461912225845249
As much as the Fort Lauderdale video footage of Parscale being taken down shirtless to be arrested might make for good social media excitement, I would stay focused on the blockbuster news report that no doubt he knew was coming.
Ch 4 letting us know that they aren’t done reporting. https://twitter.com/krishgm/status/1310645610928893954
I’m going to be *crystal clear* here as Facebook previously convinced press to say its data wasn’t “sold.”
Facebook helped (by providing technology and embedded employees and subsequently covered up) a massive voter suppression campaign microtargeted at people of color. https://twitter.com/channel4news/status/1310584937356103686
Facebook helped (by providing technology and embedded employees and subsequently covered up) a massive voter suppression campaign microtargeted at people of color. https://twitter.com/channel4news/status/1310584937356103686
Oh dear. They found someone who would defend the practices. My only question is whether Roger Stone is hiding behind the camera considering his hometown Fort Lauderdale (popular place these days). https://twitter.com/channel4news/status/1310666084702281728
So much of major US press likely won’t cover this without access to the full database. Hoping @Channel4News will find a way journalistically to allow other news orgs access to data. @JuliaAngwin team could have a field day. And Americans should be able to see their own record?
This is a really good catch by Prof Carroll. A near exact match in classifications of Cambridge Analytica to the database used to suppress votes being reported on by Ch 4 today. https://twitter.com/profcarroll/status/1310703869089984518
https://twitter.com/profcarroll/status/1310703869089984518
I think @CBSNews is first US media to cover the bombshell report out of UK. I just did an interview with their evening news on CBSN. Amazing they're all over it despite so much else going on. https://www.cbsnews.com/live/video/20200928231516-a-closer-loik-at-how-microtargeting-is-changing-the-political-landscape/
also @CBSEveningNews @NorahODonnell reported on the personal side of this multifaceted news day for Parscale. https://www.cbsnews.com/video/ex-trump-campaign-manager-brad-parscale-hospitalized-for-alleged-self-harm-threats/
Although I’m in a time warp and it’s hard to remember yesterday, I do recall on Friday when Facebook’s lead PR person for all things washington went hard to try to discredit an outside board of academics, celebrated journalists, activists, pols calling them “fake” and “stunts.”
Pretty bold of Trump campaign to call a heavily investigated @Channel4News report with receipts “fake news” in the same statement that it brags about an absolutely mythical “relationship of trust with African American voters.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/09/28/trump-2016-cambridge-analytica-suppression/
It wasn’t simply “improperly obtained.” The Facebook personal data was laundered by selling it through a middleman, Facebook knew this and covered it up for multiple years, even hiring on Facebook staff one of the co-equal partners and then paying $5B partly to avoid depositions.
