It would be a serious understatement to say that much has changed in the aftermath of the 2016 U.S. campaign. With the benefit of hindsight, it is obvious that serious mistakes were made by each of the social media companies – as they were by the entire U.S. government.
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Both Facebook and Twitter failed to anticipate how their platforms could be manipulated and misused. Like the federal government, they were caught flat-footed by the brazen attacks on our election by Russian-backed operatives.
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Even after the election, the social media companies were reluctant to admit there even was a problem.
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It took the pressure that was brought to bear by the Intelligence Committee to get Facebook, Twitter, and Google to uncover the malicious activities of the Russian-backed Internet Research Agency on their platforms.
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In the time since, each of the social media companies has come a long way towards recognizing the threat.
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The social media companies have identified and removed *some* of the bad actors on their platforms.
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We have also seen important action by Facebook and Twitter to make political advertising more transparent by complying with the terms
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The bad news, I’m afraid, is that there is a lot of work still to do.
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Thank you, Senator Warner.
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There is already a law against
#FakeNews, (that is intended to harm individuals, or organizations): 18 U.S.C. § 1038 "False information and hoaxes"#AlexJones#QAnonhttps://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/1038 …Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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YOUR INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE ARE A PACK OF
AL-QAEDA
ISIS TERRORISTS
AZOV NAZI PRICKS WOLFSGANG WHO YOU CONSTANTLY VOTE TO $ ARM TRAIN YOU CONSTITUTIONAL TRAITOR!YOU BELONG IN PRISON IF I WAS THE CEO OF GOOGLE I WOULDNT SHOW UP EITHER, TO LISTEN TO CRIMINALS!
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WHERE ARE YOU GOOGLE???? I’m getting sick and tired of your antics against the people of our country and others.
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Trump lied about them, trying to incite trouble. Why, exactly, should they come anywhere near your
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How is
#Google different than#StandardOil or#ATT?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Maybe this is why Google didn't post.. Helping Hillary... This is Collusion by the Big Liberal Tech Companies...https://twitter.com/TuckerCarlson/status/1039315533345300481 …
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