For the first time .. Facebook admits to "manipulation of the elections"

For the first time .. Facebook admits to "manipulation of the elections"



29/04/2017 


In a precedent is the first of its kind, acknowledge the social networking site "Facebook" exploited by governments to manipulate public opinion and the results of the elections, noting that during the presidential elections in the US, and is currently the French elections.
Issued a section of the security of the Facebook, a statement published Thursday, which said it was published misleading information to achieve political goals, through the publication of false news through fake accounts, used to amplify a particular point of view and the strengthening of the lack of confidence in political institutions.
The statement also that the site has become over the past few years more than a social networking site, as it turned into an arena for political debate, making him play a major role in political life in a number of countries in the world, so organizations to exploit it for political interests began, and influence what It occurs within States, according to "CBC News" American.
The statement said that some governments and organizations resort to people "have the skills, language abilities and local knowledge of key political and security Balodaan" to support a cause or position of one candidate or tarnish the reputation of a particular person, through the publication of certain news, and send friend requests to specific categories, and the collection of numbers impressive signs and posts for links carrying misleading and incorrect information.
Facebook announced that the security team will fight erroneous and false information, which he considers more complex than the piracy problem, through fictitious accounts suspended or deleted entirely after monitored through a combination of automated analysis approved.
He pointed out that the Facebook security team recently succeeded in reducing the pages, which publishes undesirable content on the commercial or political level, and has suspended some 30 thousand account in France before the first round of the presidential elections held last Sunday.
The security team revealed that the recent US presidential election saw the publication of e-mail messages stolen and other official documents, in order to influence the views of the electorate and to reach certain political goals.
And so, a professor at the University of Maryland said, Jane Golbyk, said that the report reinforces Russia's manipulation of the hypothesis in the recent US presidential election by using a combination of Internet strategies through a third party, away from news agencies or its affiliated media.
He added Golbyk that "China and Russia have carried out earlier ban on Facebook because they see it as a modern killing tools."
For his part, he attributed the head of the security section on Facebook, Alex Stamos, a new approach to the site, which includes more than one billion subscribers active, to "the desire of management Facebook users make more informed and effective."
Alex said that "Facebook management efforts aimed at addressing the wrong information and reduce the manipulation of accounts and interactive discussions."
Facebook management said they are deploying a new mechanism to fight against false campaigns and to protect its users through a new security measure helps to alert people who are targeted by these campaigns, and to take positive and effective role in dealing with such information attacks.

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Facebook strikes a blow to state elections


Release date: 2017/4/29


In a precedent of the first, the social networking site Facebook was recognized by governments for manipulating public opinion and election results, noting that this happened during the presidential elections in the United States and now in the French elections.
The Facebook Security Department released a statement on Thursday that said misleading information had been disseminated to achieve political goals by publishing false news through fake accounts used to amplify a certain point of view and promote mistrust in political institutions.
The statement also said that the site has become over the last few years more than a site of social communication, turning into a forum for political debate, which made him play a large role in political life in a number of countries of the world, so began to exploit the organizations to achieve political interests, Occurs within states, according to the US "CBS News".
The statement pointed out that some governments and organizations resort to people "with local language skills and abilities and a basic knowledge of the political and security situation" to support a cause or the position of one candidate or to discredit a particular person by publishing specific news, sending requests for friendship to certain groups, Of likes and posts for links with misleading and incorrect information.
Facebook announced that its security team would fight false and fake information, which it considers a more complex problem than piracy, by suspending or deleting phantom accounts altogether after monitoring them through a combination of automated analysis.
Facebook pointed out that its security team has recently succeeded in reducing pages, which publish unwanted content on the commercial or political level, and suspended about 30,000 accounts in France before the first round of presidential elections last Sunday.
The security team revealed that the recent US presidential election saw the publication of stolen e-mails and other official documents, in order to influence the views of voters and reach certain political goals.
"The report reinforces the premise of Russia's manipulation of the recent US presidential election by using a mix of Internet strategies through a third party, away from its news agencies or the media," said Jane Golbeck, a professor at the University of Maryland.
Gulbek said that "China and Russia earlier banned Facebook because they see it as one of the tools of modern killing."
Alex Stamos, head of security at Facebook, attributed the new approach to the site, which includes more than 1 billion active subscribers, to "the desire of the Facebook administration to make its users more informed and effective."
"Facebook's management efforts are aimed at counteracting misinformation and reducing manipulation of accounts and interactive discussions," Alex said.
The Facebook administration said that it is deploying a new mechanism to combat false campaigns and protect its users through a new security measure helps to alert people targeted by these campaigns, and take a positive role and effective in dealing with these attacks information.


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