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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIs Facebook Spinning Out of Control?
October 10, 2017 at 10:36 am EDT By Taegan Goddard
Financial Times: Like a shamed company announcing a product recall, Facebook bought full-page adverts in The New York Times and The Washington Post last week in an attempt to shore up its reputation. It was not suspending the social network that has become a ubiquitous news source and multibillion-dollar ad machine. But Russias weaponisation of Facebook to influence last years US election has raised grave questions about whether Mark Zuckerbergs product is spinning out of control.
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Is Facebook Spinning Out of Control? (Original Post)
DonViejo
Oct 2017
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NRaleighLiberal
(60,038 posts)1. "Has....spun" more like it. cat out of the bag.
Best_man23
(4,915 posts)2. Boy am I glad I never signed up for that mess.
I've told more than one person to stop getting their news from FB.
thebluedems
(8 posts)3. Yes, completely out of control
In an interview this morning that aired on MSNBC, Sandberg said that Facebook would allow Russian Fake News on Facebook - she did not mince words.
http://www.caelusgreenroom.com/2017/10/02/facebook-publish-fake-news/
Wounded Bear
(58,792 posts)4. Was it ever "in control?"...
I use it for small social networking, not for news. Any "news" I read there I take with a large grain of salt.