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Facebook hit with UK's maximum fine as EU officials praise privacy efforts
search for a quorum in the EP, possibly the US

Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.
by Cat on Thu Oct 25th, 2018 at 09:55:15 PM EST
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"Facebook removed 82 Facebook pages, groups and accounts for "coordinated inauthentic behavior" that originated in Iran ... Some either directly discussed voting or called on others to vote, The Atlantic Council found."
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Max Blumenthal and Jeb Sprague inteview Jamie Fly

Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.
by Cat on Fri Oct 26th, 2018 at 07:30:59 PM EST
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According to the UK's left wing skwawkbox it was more than 800 acconts, many of which were well established left wing sites.

Given the level of co-ordination with twitter, this looks less like an attack on foreign interference and more using this as cover to obliterate the left's access to major public fora in the US.

It has been so blatant that a lot of UK left blogs are co-ordinating other means of publicising themselves

keep to the Fen Causeway

by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Fri Oct 26th, 2018 at 07:59:42 PM EST
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It has been so blatant that a lot of UK left blogs are co-ordinating other means of publicising themselves

Luckily the EU is on the case:

Civilized Societies Don't Call It Censorship, but Copyright | naked capitalism

Article 11: no link without a license. Article 11, otherwise known as the "Linktax" article, has created a new economic "right" for magnates of the written press. This `right', moreover, implies indefinitely restricting the possibility of citing the press online.


Article 13: no uploading content without a license. Platforms - from medium-sized providers of services storing subject material through to the giants of the Internet - will be considered responsible for any copyright infringement committed by their users, and they are bulldozed into taking preventive measures. In other words, this isn't a matter of eliminating content but directly preventing people from uploading it.

by generic on Sat Oct 27th, 2018 at 01:17:24 PM EST
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