Social media has been lenient on Trump while he has been president. I hope (but don’t expect) they don’t let him spread lies after he is out of office and just another person.
Facebook is giant problem for democracy. They have massive reach, a huge Right Wing bias, spread disinformation like wildfire, and most the policy decisions are made by GOP operatives whose primary goal is not avoid angering their Republican friends. https://t.co/IUSBcM2TC0
— Dan Pfeiffer (@danpfeiffer) November 11, 2020
This is the #2 top post on all of Facebook over the last 24 hours (when ranked by engagement), per @crowdtangle. Hard to see how Facebook's label really helps. pic.twitter.com/VjJpEnXcpD
— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) November 19, 2020
Facebook Knows That Adding Labels To Trump’s False Claims Does Little To Stop Their Spread https://t.co/sKTymfLlSj
— BuzzFeed (@BuzzFeed) November 17, 2020
READ THIS
— Don Winslow (@donwinslow) November 12, 2020
Mark Zuckerberg told an all-staff meeting that Steve Bannon has not violated enough policies to be suspended from Facebook.
The ex-Trump adviser suggested in a now-removed video that FBI Director Wray and Dr. Anthony Fauci should be beheaded https://t.co/AejWikAffO
This is a choice. https://t.co/JwyJlA6GOE
— Kevin Roose (@kevinroose) November 11, 2020
Facebook is absolutely teeming with right-wing misinformation right now. These are all among the 10 most-engaged URLs on the platform over the last 24 hours (per @NewsWhip data) pic.twitter.com/WlTR10fRBE
— Kevin Roose (@kevinroose) November 10, 2020
Facebook made Bannon and Breitbart, and it’s clear that it will enable the next Bannon, the next Breitbart, and the next Trump. https://t.co/E4S4yUcl16
— Mother Jones (@MotherJones) November 7, 2020
Facebook bans "STOP THE STEAL" group Trump allies were using to organize protests against vote counting https://t.co/6I2U4nWS4n
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) November 5, 2020
A massive "Stop the Count" Facebook group has ties to Republican operatives https://t.co/rlbeLGqri1
— Mother Jones (@MotherJones) November 5, 2020
From me and @oneunderscore__:
— Brandy Zadrozny (@BrandyZadrozny) November 4, 2020
Protestors causing chaos at a Detroit vote counting room organized in a private Facebook “ReOpen” group, formed early this year to protest Covid19 lockdown measures, but repurposed for pro-gun, anti-BLM, and other causes. https://t.co/ZyTiulAOVR
Reminded right now at how dominant Trump's FB page was as its own publisher outside the media the past three months.
— Alex Thompson (@AlxThomp) November 4, 2020
Just dwarfed NYT, NBC News, Biden, etc. in engagement and interactions.
A president as his own state media outlet (via social)
Here's @crowdtangle data. pic.twitter.com/f1bDcHnV5Z
Per @crowdtangle, these are the Facebook news pages with the most interaction on Election Day so far. Fox News & Breitbart account for 38% share of voice. pic.twitter.com/keBII66pjB
— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) November 3, 2020
Zuckerberg, over objections of staff, protests from outside groups, has clearly bet a lot on Trump winning and maintaining control over antitrust & other federal oversight for the next four years. He's made a big bet that may now come due. https://t.co/tDWBCi4RXZ
— Ronald Brownstein (@RonBrownstein) November 2, 2020
Some month-end data from Facebook: in October, the most-engaged link posts from U.S. pages (excluding some UNICEF posts that were boosted by FB) came from:
— Kevin Roose (@kevinroose) November 1, 2020
1. Franklin Graham
2. Donald J. Trump
3. Graham
4. Trump
5. Trump
6. Graham
7. Graham
8. Graham
9. Fox News
10. Graham
Sad! 