"Trump needs Facebook's thumb on the scale to win this election"

[dalton99a]

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/21/business/media/facebook-donald-trump-mark-zuckerberg.html

What’s Facebook’s Deal With Donald Trump?
Mark Zuckerberg has forged an uneasy alliance with the Trump administration. He may have gotten too close.
By Ben Smith
June 21, 2020

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Mr. Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, pulled together the dinner on Oct. 22 on short notice after he learned that Mr. Zuckerberg, the Facebook founder, and his wife, Priscilla Chan, would be in Washington for a cryptocurrency hearing on Capitol Hill, a person familiar with the planning said. The dinner, the person said, took place in the Blue Room on the first floor of the White House. The guest list included Mr. Thiel, a Trump supporter, and his husband, Matt Danzeisen; Melania Trump; Mr. Kushner; and Ivanka Trump. The president, a person who has spoken to Mr. Zuckerberg said, did most of the talking. The atmosphere was convivial, another person who got an account of the dinner said. Mr. Trump likes billionaires and likes people who are useful to him, and Mr. Zuckerberg right now is both.

But looming over the private dinner is a question: Did Mr. Trump and Mr. Zuckerberg reach some kind of accommodation? Mr. Zuckerberg needs, and appears to be getting, a pass both on angry tweets from the president and the serious threats of lawsuits and regulation that face other big tech companies. Mr. Trump needs access to Facebook’s advertising platform and its viral power.

“I believe they have a deal,” said Roger McNamee, an early Facebook investor who is now a fierce critic, who added that it was “probably implied rather than explicit.”

“Mark’s deal with Trump is highly utilitarian,” he said. “It’s basically about getting free rein and protection from regulation. Trump needs Facebook’s thumb on the scale to win this election.”

[Alacritous Crier]

1. Delete Facebook!

[kimbutgar]

2. I have been seeing some seepage of people posting pro 45 memes on liberal groups

And when I see them I report them or hide that person.

In the last couple of weeks I have seen my friends announce they are leaving Facebook until after the election. I was off for about and year and got back on while I was stuck at home and will probably go off again if it gets bad.

Zuckerberg is Also being called out on all social media. And for MF45 to call for limits on them probably makes Zuckerberg skirmish.

[lagomorph777]

3. Drop Falsebook and Twit - they are dangerous.

They are identity theft engines and Putin's propaganda platforms.

[Dream Girl]

4. But it's so convenient!

[renate]

5. I would switch to a non-evil Facebook clone in a second

Why doesn’t someone start one? I miss being able to catch up with friends. I do go on for a few minutes every few weeks to make sure I haven’t missed any messages, but other than that I pretty much stay away because I loathe that weird android so much.

[SoonerPride]

9. I and a lot of my friends joined MeWe after 2016.

www.mewe.com

it is very Facebook like.

But without all the privacy theft

And election theft too.

[renate]

10. Good to know!

Thank you!!

[Skittles]

11. believe it or not

you can "catch up with your friends" WITHOUT USING THAT PIECE OF SHIT FASCIST SITE.

PLENTY of us are able to do it.

[SCLumbeelady]

6. Deleted Facebook the day after they helped him lie his way into office.

[Nevilledog]

7. Zuckerberg says:

[GeorgeGist]

8. #MakeZuckPoor