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A small group of people in Ohio (maybe even just one person) is behind a network of two dozen Facebook groups spreading misleading information. Even the identities of the groups are misleading, inasmuch as the owner would not seem to fit the profile for all of the following: Blacks for Trump, Jews for Trump, Evangelicals for Trump, Seniors for America, and Students for America.
With more than a million followers, the groups spread misinformation, take in donations, and take money from political donors to disseminate political ads to their audience.
"A striking pattern that emerged in Snopes’ reporting on the Kullberg network was that nobody — from the people or person creating these messages and the political operatives funding them to the digital platform that allows messages to be transmitted to millions of people — seemed to want anything to do with this story. Multiple inquiries to Kullberg and to the accounts of several of the organizations she runs went unanswered. Multiple inquiries to Liberty T’s Millis, including one passed on via registered agent Peterson, also received no response.
The same can be said of Facebook, whose press office we contacted three times by email (and which has been responsive to our inquiries in the past). None of those inquiries was returned..."
Deceptive as it is, the whole enterprise seems to be skirting at the edges of what FB allows.
Despite having 1.4 million followers, this is really only a "modest-sized network" in Facebook terms.
So one has to wonder... what deceptive networks are hiding in your social network feeds (or mine, of course)?
Practice information hygiene! Otherwise, you will develop bulbous liver syndrome and suffer a financial setback!
With more than a million followers, the groups spread misinformation, take in donations, and take money from political donors to disseminate political ads to their audience.
"A striking pattern that emerged in Snopes’ reporting on the Kullberg network was that nobody — from the people or person creating these messages and the political operatives funding them to the digital platform that allows messages to be transmitted to millions of people — seemed to want anything to do with this story. Multiple inquiries to Kullberg and to the accounts of several of the organizations she runs went unanswered. Multiple inquiries to Liberty T’s Millis, including one passed on via registered agent Peterson, also received no response.
The same can be said of Facebook, whose press office we contacted three times by email (and which has been responsive to our inquiries in the past). None of those inquiries was returned..."
Deceptive as it is, the whole enterprise seems to be skirting at the edges of what FB allows.
Despite having 1.4 million followers, this is really only a "modest-sized network" in Facebook terms.
So one has to wonder... what deceptive networks are hiding in your social network feeds (or mine, of course)?
Practice information hygiene! Otherwise, you will develop bulbous liver syndrome and suffer a financial setback!
