Facebook Prepares Measures for Possible Election Unrest - WSJ

Oct. 25, 2020 2:47 pm ET

Facebook is tightening its rules on content concerning the U.S. presidential election next month.

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Facebook Inc. FB 2.40%▲ teams have planned for the possibility of trying to calm election-related conflict in the U.S. by deploying internal tools designed for what it calls “at-risk” countries, according to people familiar with the matter.

The emergency measures include slowing the spread of viral content and lowering the bar for suppressing potentially inflammatory posts, the people said. Previously used in countries including Sri Lanka and Myanmar, they are part of a larger tool kit developed by Facebook to prepare for the U.S. election.

Facebook executives have said they would only deploy the tools in dire circumstances, such as election-related violence, but that the company needs to be prepared for all possibilities, said the people familiar with the planning.

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CONFIRMED: Facebook Uses Chinese Nationals To Censor Americans On ‘Hate Speech Engineering’ Team

New information reveals Facebook is using Chinese nationals in a team with the title ‘Hate Speech Engineering’ to affect censorship of political posts

As Facebook and Twitter come under fire for overtly censoring the Hunter Biden scandal, arguably the biggest political story of the last 50 years, new information reveals Facebook is using Chinese nationals to head-up their “Hate Speech Engineering” team.

The Hate Speech Engineering team – which is primarily tasked with what, in the end, constitutes censorship of certain political posts, is mostly located deep inside the secured floors of Facebook’s Seattle and has a staff that includes six Chinese nationals holding H-1B visas.

These six Chinese nationals include:

A research scientist who earned his master’s degree in computer engineering from the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing

A software engineer for machine learning who earned his master’s degrees in computer science from Jilin University in northeast China

An engineering manager who earned his degree in computer science at Nanjing University in eastern China

A software engineer who worked for the Communist-backed communication conglomerate Huawei (a company sanctioned by the US)

A software engineer who worked for the Beijing National Railway & Design Institute of Signal & Communication

https://nationalfile.com/confirmed-facebook-uses-chinese-nationals-to-censor-americans-on-hate-speech-engineering-team/

Beyond Parody: CNN Warns Conservatives Are Seeking to 'Discredit' Facebook & Big Tech Ahead Of Election

Big Tech seizing control of our entire election apparatus, banning right-wing dissidents en masse, rigging search results, giving billions-worth of in-kind contributions to Democrats and tens of millions directly to get-out-the-vote campaigns in Democratic strongholds, and censoring news stories to protect Joe Biden and help defeat Donald Trump is nothing to worry about – the real threat is conservatives complaining about it online!

CNN's Brian Fung wrote an article on Sunday titled, "Conservatives push to discredit Facebook, Twitter and Google just days before the election."

https://www.informationliberation.com/?id=61854

Facebook deploys aggressive measures to combat election unrest

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As the U.S. braces for election-related unrest next month, Facebook executives are implementing emergency measures reserved for "at-risk" countries in a company-wide effort to bring down the online temperature.

The Wall Street Journal reported Sunday that the social media giant plans to limit the spread of viral content and lower the benchmark for suppressing potentially inflammatory posts using internal tools previously deployed in Sri Lanka and Myanmar.

ZUCKERBERG: FACEBOOK WILL RESTRICT LESS CONTENT AFTER US ELECTIONS

The tools, now a key component of Facebook's strategy to prepare for the contentious U.S. election, would only be activated in "dire circumstances" and instances of violence, people familiar with the matter told the Journal.

https://www.foxbusiness.com/technology/facebook-aggressive-measures-to-combat-election-unrest

Facebook could deliberately suppress posts it deems 'dangerous' and will slow the spread of viral content in 'emergency measures' after the election

Facebook will use internal tools to slow the spread of viral content and suppress potentially inflammatory posts

Facebook reportedly has a plan in place to help calm any unrest that may arise after the US election

The tools have previously been used in so-called 'at-risk' countries

Facebook may also lower threshold of what it detects as 'dangerous content'

Company says its spent years working toward safer and more secure elections

In the past, Facebook has struggled to deal with moderating content across all aspects of its massive platform, which reaches more than 2 billion people

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8879043/Facebook-prepares-emergency-measures-possible-election-unrest-including-slow-viral-content.html

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Silicon Valley Campaign Cash Complicates Democrats’ Plan to Break Up Tech Giants

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Published October 25, 2020

Democratic Senate candidate Sara Gideon talks to the press after she filled out her absentee ballot to vote in person on October 14, 2020, at the town hall in Freeport, Maine.

Democratic Senate candidate Sara Gideon talks to the press after she filled out her absentee ballot to vote in person on October 14, 2020, at the town hall in Freeport, Maine.

The stage is being set for Democrats to clash next year over a push to rein in Silicon Valley oligarchs. Earlier this month, House Democrats called for the break-up of major tech giants, but Democratic candidates in key Senate races are comfortably out-fundraising their Republican counterparts in campaign cash from the tech industry.

https://truthout.org/articles/silicon-valley-campaign-cash-complicates-democrats-plan-to-break-up-tech-giants/?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=70360aab-2132-48a7-aec1-4c5cdae6b383

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Facebook Shares Pump'n'Dump Despite Crushing Earnings, Warns Of "Significant Uncertainty"

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Facebook shares pumped'n'dumped after hours following a dramatic top- and bottom-line beat by the social media company, dismissing any concerns about social justice ad-spend boycotts.

"We had a strong quarter as people and businesses continue to rely on our services to stay connected and create economic opportunity during these tough times," said Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook founder and CEO.

"We continue to make significant investments in our products and hiring in order to deliver new and meaningful experiences for our community around the world."

Facebook’s revenue (3Q Rev. $21.47B, +22% Y/Y, Est. $19.84B) shows that the ad boycott from hundreds of big advertisers didn’t have a major impact. The company really relies on a lot of small advertisers, who don’t have many other places to place ads during covid. 3Q EPS also crushed it, printing $2.71 vs. $2.12 Y/Y, Est. $1.91

On the user side, Facebook claims the positive trends are continuing…

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/facebook-shares-pumpndump-despite-crushing-earnings-warns-significant-uncertainty