Saturday, March 30, 2019

Bye Bye Trolls

Follow up on my previous post about Rappler vs Duterte. where Ressa complained about being trolled on the social media and suggested this to a Washington Think tank

Ressa demanded that social media platforms like Facebook impose new algorithms that prioritize what she calls “traditional media” — referring presumably to outlets like her own.

so guess what happened?  From the Inquirer:



Facebook takes down 200 accounts linked to former Duterte social media strategist
Around 200 Facebook pages, accounts and groups operating in a network built by communications strategist Nicanor Gabunada Jr. have been taken down for taking part in a “coordinated and inauthentic behavior,” Facebook’s head of cybersecurity policy said on Friday. According to Nathaniel Gleicher, 67 Facebook pages, 68 accounts, 40 groups and 25 Instagram accounts were banned from the social media platform. 
I guess the Pinoy equivalent of "deplorables" has to do fake accounts: because the opposition is well organized and is able to coordinate a thousand genuine minions to post the latest lament.

not my business. Here, the real problem is not facebook trolls hurting the feelings of lovely young reporters who oppose the president,  but the danger of actual hit jobs against local politicians before the upcoming local elections.

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update: from Chronicles Via TeaAtTrianon:

this is discussing the nevertrumpers in the USA, and guess who is there?


In just listing the various initiatives and projects taken up by Omidyar, it is dizzying to contemplate the resources available to the other wings of the oligarchical alliance. George Soros can meet and match Omidyar, but there are several other contestants in this globalist philanthropy competition. In the end, the bill must come to at least a billion dollars. These billionaires have more resources, in many cases, than many governments—and are, potentially, just as dangerous as any full-fledged state.
Italics mine.

nothing new of course: That is where we get the phrase "banana republic".

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