<html><head></head><body><div class="ydpda7172d3yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div id="ydpda7172d3yiv0340033499"><div><div class="ydpda7172d3yiv0340033499ydp83b5ed23yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"></div><div>ICYMI: Tech bombshell of the year (link below). According to the trending NYT article, it looks like Facebook has been caught knowingly weaponizing fake news to try muzzle (by smearing/discrediting) people raising concerns about the proliferation of fake news on its platform and/or to divert meaningful discourse on the topic away from Facebook. </div><div><br></div><div>Apparently the M.O. even included pandering to racist / white supremacist / hate media channels and narratives? Ok, this stuff only happens in movies. Please say it ain't so fb...<br></div><div><br></div><div>Incredibly ironic development, but completely vindicates the growing concerns worldwide about the growing dangers of platform concentration, unregulated market power and unregulated PR/media muscle in giant multinationals. </div><div><br></div><div>It will be interesting to see whether (and how) the US gov will discipline its misbehaving, but financially lucrative babies.</div><div><br></div><div>Here's the link...</div><div><br></div><div>https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/16/podcasts/the-daily/facebook-zuckerberg-sandberg-russia-election-data.html<br></div></div><div><br></div><div>Rgds,</div><div>Patrick.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></div></body></html>