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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFacebook CEO Congratulated Trump in a Secret Call After the 2016 Election
Facebook CEO Congratulated Trump in a Secret Call After the 2016 Election And the Company Privately 'Celebrated' His Campaign
The campaign spent millions of advertising dollars on the platform.
By Chris Sosa / AlterNet
July 19, 2018, 11:30 AM GMT
https://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/facebook-ceo-congratulated-trump-secret-call-after-2016-election-and-company
As the fallout from Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerbergs controversial remarks defending Holocaust deniers continues, BuzzFeed News reports that the billionaire secretly called President Donald Trump after his election.
According to BuzzFeed, Zuckerberg congratulated the Trump team on its victory and successful campaign, which spent millions of dollars on advertising with Facebook.
BuzzFeed says it obtained company presentations and memos that show the social media giant viewed Trumps campaign as an innovator of a fast-moving, test-oriented approach to marketing on Facebook.
Facebook disseminated Russian propaganda during the 2016 election through its platform, which did not successfully identify and reject the content from our foreign foe.
By Facebok's own estimates, 126 million people saw Russia-linked content during the 2016 election cycle.
Neither Facebook or the White House would offer comment to BuzzFeed on the report.
Chris Sosa is the Senior Editor at AlterNet. His work also appears in Mic, Salon, Care2, Huffington Post and other publications. Follow him on Twitter @ChrisSosa.
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Facebook CEO Congratulated Trump in a Secret Call After the 2016 Election (Original Post)
marble falls
Jul 2018
OP
I just never got it. Got an account. Not friended, no friends. No pictures ...
marble falls
Jul 2018
#5
GemDigger
(4,305 posts)1. That would make sense considering that his FB personnel
helped in Trumps digital campaign.
DoctorJoJo
(1,134 posts)2. And That's Why I Say, "Fuck Suckerberg and the Facebook He Rode In On!"
Squinch
(50,916 posts)3. And people still say they can't live without Facebook.
kimbutgar
(21,056 posts)4. This is way I rarely look at Facebook anymore
I think Suckerberg is a repuke in sheeps clothing and he was rooting for twitler all along.
Its been almost 2 months and I find I dont miss it.
marble falls
(57,013 posts)5. I just never got it. Got an account. Not friended, no friends. No pictures ...
fake name, no updated info, all fake.
Cha
(296,861 posts)6. I wonder how Fuckerberg feels
about his sneaky little congratulatory call now?
Or does he want to be ruled by trump on a putin string?
suprcali
(108 posts)7. facecrook
zuckerberg is all about the profits! They don't even have the courtesy to protect your data as they make millions off of you. But they will protect fake news and conspiracy promoters.
Delete.
rockfordfile
(8,699 posts)8. More Americans see it as a un-American company.