{"id":1109,"date":"2021-04-12T09:27:13","date_gmt":"2021-04-12T07:27:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/04\/12\/how-facebook-let-fake-engagement-distort-global-politics-a-whistleblowers-account\/"},"modified":"2021-04-12T09:27:13","modified_gmt":"2021-04-12T07:27:13","slug":"how-facebook-let-fake-engagement-distort-global-politics-a-whistleblowers-account","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/04\/12\/how-facebook-let-fake-engagement-distort-global-politics-a-whistleblowers-account\/","title":{"rendered":"How Facebook let fake engagement distort global politics: a whistleblower’s account"},"content":{"rendered":"

The inside story of Sophie Zhang\u2019s battle to combat rampant manipulation as executives delayed and deflected<\/p>\n

Shortly before Sophie Zhang lost access to Facebook\u2019s systems, she published one final message on the company\u2019s internal forum, a farewell tradition at Facebook known as a \u201cbadge post\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cOfficially, I\u2019m a low-level [data scientist] who\u2019s being fired today for poor performance,\u201d the post began. \u201cIn practice, in the 2.5 years I\u2019ve spent at Facebook, I\u2019ve \u2026 found multiple blatant attempts by foreign national governments to abuse our platform on vast scales to mislead their own citizenry, and caused international news on multiple occasions.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\nThe inside story of Sophie Zhang\u2019s battle to combat rampant manipulation as executives delayed and deflected
\nShortly before Sophie Zhang lost access to Facebook\u2019s systems, she published one final message on the company\u2019s internal forum, a farewell tradition at Facebook known as a \u201cbadge post\u201d.
\n\u201cOfficially, I\u2019m a low-level [data scientist] who\u2019s being fired today for poor performance,\u201d the post began. \u201cIn practice, in the 2.5 years I\u2019ve spent at Facebook, I\u2019ve \u2026 found multiple blatant attempts by foreign national governments to abuse our platform on vast scales to mislead their own citizenry, and caused international news on multiple occasions.\u201d Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The inside story of Sophie Zhang\u2019s battle to combat rampant manipulation as executives delayed and deflected Shortly before Sophie Zhang lost access to Facebook\u2019s systems, she published one final message on the company\u2019s internal forum, a farewell tradition at Facebook known as a \u201cbadge post\u201d. \u201cOfficially, I\u2019m a low-level [data scientist] who\u2019s being fired today …<\/p>\n

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