I don’t personally utilize Facebook for a number of personal reasons and concerns about privacy/security. That being said, I may be a bit more worried about this review than others. But, I thought any of you that are Facebook’ers might want to check this out! Note: it is not about “FAKE NEWS” on Facebook. (https://www.lrb.co.uk/v39/n16/john-lanchester/you-are-the-product)
You will have to enter your email address to read the complete book review. That means you will be getting some “junk mail” that you will need to unsubscribe to at a later point. I think it’s worth it but then I’m an anti-Facebook-er. (https://www.lrb.co.uk/v39/n16/john-lanchester/you-are-the-product)
Facebook (FB) is now acknowledging how much Russian advertising was placed on the site but not how many Americans (possibly as many as 23 million) might have seen/been influenced by these FAKE ads spreading false information, mostly on Hillary Rodham Clinton. (http://www.thedailybeast.com/russias-facebook-fake-news-could-have-reached-70-million-americans) Additional reporting external to FB provides more scary information/facts. (https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/07/us/politics/russia-facebook-twitter-election.html?smid=tw-nytimes&smtyp=cur)
“Either America will destroy ignorance or ignorance will destroy the United States." W.E.B. Du Bois
1st Amendment - Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
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