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August 2, 2018
Social Media - Fake News: Facebook says it found new covert campaign to spread divisive political messages
On Tuesday morning, the political and tech worlds were startled to learn that Facebook had identified and stopped a new covert campaign to spread divisive political messages on its platform, the first such announcement since 2017.
But Facebook released only some of the pages and content publicly. What it did not reveal was the depth some of the pages went to stoke racial tension and incite division among Americans.
NBC News was able to retrieve some of the pages Facebook deleted via a web archive search, which allows people to see internet pages that have been deleted.
A review of some of the deleted pages from groups identified by Facebook as part of the “inauthentic coordinated behavior” found efforts to target people based on liberal politics as well as Hispanic and African heritage.
One deleted post called for protesters to occupy the headquarters of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency.
Posted by a group called “Resisters,” an event that was initially titled “Stop Ripping Families Apart! DC,” was later retitled “Stop Ripping Families Apart! Take over ICE HQ” after Facebook users said they would attend. A total of 131 people later marked themselves as having attended the June 27 rally outside of ICE’s Washington offices.
Read more: Facebook says it found new covert campaign to spread divisive political messages
But Facebook released only some of the pages and content publicly. What it did not reveal was the depth some of the pages went to stoke racial tension and incite division among Americans.
NBC News was able to retrieve some of the pages Facebook deleted via a web archive search, which allows people to see internet pages that have been deleted.
A review of some of the deleted pages from groups identified by Facebook as part of the “inauthentic coordinated behavior” found efforts to target people based on liberal politics as well as Hispanic and African heritage.
One deleted post called for protesters to occupy the headquarters of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency.
Posted by a group called “Resisters,” an event that was initially titled “Stop Ripping Families Apart! DC,” was later retitled “Stop Ripping Families Apart! Take over ICE HQ” after Facebook users said they would attend. A total of 131 people later marked themselves as having attended the June 27 rally outside of ICE’s Washington offices.
Read more: Facebook says it found new covert campaign to spread divisive political messages
July 31, 2018
France US Relations: Quit the EU for better trade deal, Trump reportedly told Macron
Donald Trump suggested to Emmanuel Macron that he pull France out of the
European Union in return for a bilateral trade deal, it has been
claimed.
The offer, aimed at destroying the Europe alliance, was reported to have been made during a private meeting when Macron visited the White House at the end of April.
The Washington Post said the US president asked Macron: “Why don’t you leave the European Union?” In return, Trump suggested the US could offer France a substantial bilateral trade deal.
The article claimed that Trump promised to give France better trade terms than the EU as a whole gets from the US.
The columnist at the Washington Post, Josh Rogin, cited two unnamed European officials as the source of his report, adding that the proposition revealed “a basic lack of understanding of Macron’s views and those of the people who elected him”. It was “an instance of the president of the United States offering an incentive to dismantle an organsation of America’s allies, against stated US government policy”.
Note EU-Digest: How can the EU Commission swallow this, if true ?
Read more: Quit the EU for better trade deal, Trump reportedly told Macron | US news | The Guardian
The offer, aimed at destroying the Europe alliance, was reported to have been made during a private meeting when Macron visited the White House at the end of April.
The Washington Post said the US president asked Macron: “Why don’t you leave the European Union?” In return, Trump suggested the US could offer France a substantial bilateral trade deal.
The article claimed that Trump promised to give France better trade terms than the EU as a whole gets from the US.
The columnist at the Washington Post, Josh Rogin, cited two unnamed European officials as the source of his report, adding that the proposition revealed “a basic lack of understanding of Macron’s views and those of the people who elected him”. It was “an instance of the president of the United States offering an incentive to dismantle an organsation of America’s allies, against stated US government policy”.
Note EU-Digest: How can the EU Commission swallow this, if true ?
Read more: Quit the EU for better trade deal, Trump reportedly told Macron | US news | The Guardian
July 29, 2018
Hungary; PM Viktor says EU should have a Right Wing movement,
Via euronews: Hungary’s PM Viktor Orban attacks the EU and wants to fokii
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July 28, 2018
July 27, 2018
LUNAR ECLIPSE:Total Lunar Eclipse today - what you need to know,
Via euronews: Total lunar eclipse on July 27: What you need to know
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