Democratic Primaries
Related: About this forumFacebook, Twitter, and Google must remove disinformation, Beto O'Rourke demands
Democratic presidential candidate Beto ORourkes campaign is demanding that Facebook, Twitter, and Google more aggressively counter disinformation on their platforms. In letters addressed to the companies Friday, ORourkes team outlines how they believe each of them could address the issue after his campaign was falsely linked to a suspected shooter on social media last weekend.
That attack occurred in Odessa, Texas, killing seven people and leaving 25 injured. In the aftermath, bots worked to spread false information across social media with many claiming that the suspected shooter supported Beto ORourke. Posts on Facebook and Twitter suggested that the shooter had an ORourke sticker on his vehicle. Texas officials have denied any link between the shooter and the ORourke campaign.
As a campaign, were almost entirely powerless to stop misinformation, Jen OMalley Dillon, ORourkes campaign director, wrote in a tweet earlier this week. We can tweet corrections, but only a fragment of the people exposed will see it. This rests on Twitter, Facebook, and Google who let this go completely unchecked.
The campaign was first made aware of the posts from the Democratic National Convention, and OMalley Dillon said in a Twitter thread on Monday that she was able to identify the original posters account an account that had been suspended and later reinstated before. That tweet is still up and has over 11,000 retweets and 15,000 favorites.
Read more: https://www.theverge.com/2019/9/6/20853447/facebook-twitter-google-beto-orourke-odessa-midland-texas-shooting-disinformation
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
oldsoftie
(12,492 posts)But they're not doing it, or they're not doing it with any sense of urgency.
I'm not sure how to do it where it would pass legal muster. But there HAS to be a way. Maybe slander lawsuits? Flood Twitter with lawsuits every time they allow the spreading of malicious information. Facebook too. Whoever.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
pamela
(3,469 posts)Facebook replied that it did not violate their terms of service.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
BigmanPigman
(51,567 posts)once more, "Are Twitler and Fakebook going to be viewed as being a positive or negative influence on societies in the future by historians, etc?".
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
pangaia
(24,324 posts)LIES !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
betsuni
(25,380 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden