From Russia with Likes (Part 1) — with Renée DiResta
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What's the Problem With That Persuasive App?
"What's the problem with that christian and i talk it over"? "I think the question is when the receiver of that persuasion is unaware of the source of it or the motives behind it," he says. A new app called face app has been downloaded a hundred and fifty million times by people who want to look older than they are. It was built in russia, where zuckerberg once worked as an executive at a major tech company. People say oh man like all those dumb gullible people over there that got influenced by russian propaganda wow how vulnerable they are according to Zuckerman.
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