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Facebook Braces Itself for Trump to Cast Doubt on Election Results:
Facebook spent years preparing to ward off any tampering on its site ahead of November's presidential election. Now the social network is getting ready in case President Trump interferes once the vote is over.
Employees at the Silicon Valley company are laying out contingency plans and walking through postelection scenarios that include attempts by Mr. Trump or his campaign to use the platform to delegitimize the results, people with knowledge of Facebook's plans said.
Facebook is preparing steps to take should Mr. Trump wrongly claim on the site that he won another four-year term, said the people, who spoke on the condition of anonymity. Facebook is also working through how it might act if Mr. Trump tries to invalidate the results by declaring that the Postal Service lost mail-in ballots or that other groups meddled with the vote, the people said.
Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook's chief executive, and some of his lieutenants have started holding daily meetings about minimizing how the platform can be used to dispute the election, the people said. They have discussed a "kill switch" to shut off political advertising after Election Day since the ads, which Facebook does not police for truthfulness, could be used to spread misinformation, the people said.
The preparations underscore how rising concerns over the integrity of the November election have reached social media companies, whose sites can be used to amplify lies, conspiracy theories and inflammatory messages. YouTube and Twitter have also discussed plans for action if the postelection period becomes complicated, according to disinformation and political researchers who have advised the firms.
[...] The preparations underscore how rising concerns over the integrity of the November election have reached social media companies, whose sites can be used to amplify lies, conspiracy theories and inflammatory messages. YouTube and Twitter have also discussed plans for action if the postelection period becomes complicated, according to disinformation and political researchers who have advised the firms.
(Score: 3, Funny) by Runaway1956 on Tuesday August 25 2020, @04:42PM (3 children)
Gotta love mixed metaphors.
Are we ready for the bulldozer races yet? In all my life, I've only ever witnessed a bulldozer moving faster than about 8 mph once. Two of them, actually. Both were being used for firefighting in Nevada. Back story?
Was driving along about 80, when a cop car and two trucks whizzed past me, doing at least 120. I caught up with them maybe 1/2 hour later, trucks parked a couple miles apart. First dozer was off the low-boy trailer, and hauling ass into the grasslands, moving fast for a dozer - maybe 20, possibly 25 mph. When I reached the second, the dozer was still backing down off of the low-boy.
Imagine the rough ride, sitting on a Cat D-9, running across the prairie at that speed. Not fun!
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 25 2020, @11:33PM
Need this music playing in the background (of Trump's bulldozers charging): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYu7c4Vkmp0 [youtube.com]
(Score: 2) by dry on Wednesday August 26 2020, @03:53AM
Thing with a 'dozer isn't the speed but the momentum. Try stopping one once it's going.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 26 2020, @09:08AM
Runaway has seen bulldozers. I am duly impressed. Has he seen Ducks, though? Black Swans? Has he seen fire, and has he seen rain? Really, you dotardly old coot, we really, really, do not care to hear what you have seen. You are boring, and stupid, and stupid boring. It hurts just to read your shit.