The abuse of Facebook's
platform for political purpose
Not exact matches
Every minority - government budget is to some great extent a
political document,
purpose - built
for two contradictory goals: persuading at least one opposition party to support it to keep the government afloat, while also serving as a de facto election
platform if no one bites.
And while Facebook has claimed it was unaware that ~ 50M Facebook users» data was passed to Cambridge Analytica
for political targeting
purposes, Facebook has itself long been actively encouraging politicians and
political campaigns to make use of its tools — at a time when there was a complete lack of regulation
for political ads on digital
platforms.
The researcher Aleksandr Kogan was banned from the
platform for creating the quiz app that was able to access 50 million user profiles, which he then shared with Cambridge Analytica, after claiming the app was
for academic
purposes, not
political ones.
The
purpose of CITYFOOD is to raise awareness on resilient city - region food systems and (intra - and peri --RRB- urban agriculture, create an advocacy
platform for cities to gain
political recognition and support from national governments and international support organizations, to provide information to cities around the world, stimulate exchange of experiences, identify and disseminate important lesson and good practices, and facilitate cooperation between cities worldwide and between local governments and civil society in this area.
The report calls
for a cross-party allegiance to work with existing social media
platforms to improve their offerings, and establish a
purpose - built
platform to facilitate meaningful and effective
political engagement online, and includes recommendations:
And while Facebook has claimed it was unaware that ~ 50M Facebook users» data was passed to Cambridge Analytica
for political targeting
purposes, Facebook has itself long been actively encouraging politicians and
political campaigns to make use of its tools — at a time when there was a complete lack of regulation
for political ads on digital
platforms.