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The #NeverAgain movement, Facebook and the Russian Influence Campaign, Should Pornography Be Banned, and Oscar Picks

After Hours

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Did Facebook Have an Influence on the US Election?

I think on that question, i think there's general agreement. It didn't swing the election. It was too little money, too little influence. That part of the report that i found so interesting is just how careful the inter entions happened. Facebook has six million advertisers. They processed 12 billion dollars worth of advertising last quarter. This was an 800 thousand dollar advertising campaign. And facebook has this position ic is olwere just a platform, right? And you can't accuse us. Ye're not a publisher, right? An, that's the way they think. Idontlik Hi. If i was in facebook, i'd be really genuinely worried. But maybe in reverse us.

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