Evan McMullin @Evan_McMullin
.@MaxBoot: We lost a battle in the information war. We can’t survive as a democratic superpower if we lose the war.
Russia Has Invented Social Media Blitzkrieg
And it’s time that America learns to defend itself.
foreignpolicy.com/2017/10/13/russia-has-invented-social-media-blitzkrieg/amp/
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Google, Facebook putting an early mark on political advertising bills
www.politico.com/story/2017/10/13/google-facebook-political-advertising-bills-243764
Google and Facebook are looking to make an early imprint on legislation being drafted in the House and Senate that would force them and other online networks to disclose information about the buyers of political ads.
Lobbyists from the Silicon Valley behemoths have met with the staffs of Sens. Mark Warner and Amy Klobuchar and Rep. Derek Kilmer, all of whom are drawing up bills that would impose new regulations on the industry, according to Democratic aides and company representatives. The Senate bill is expected to be formally introduced next week. It is not clear when the House legislation, which has not been previously reported, will be introduced.
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OperationWolverines @OpWolverines
1/ The worst is yet to come on the revelations on #facebookads driving hundreds of millions of RU propaganda views at American citizens.
[rest of thread here: mobile.twitter.com/OpWolverines/status/919093228615303170 ]
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Zoe Tillman
Zoe Tillman @ZoeTillman
DC judge just heard args on whether Facebook users should be allowed to challenge search warrants for their accounts. No ruling today.
Some interesting takeaways from today's hearing on whether Facebook users can intervene to challenge search warrants for their accounts 1/10
The government's position, as articulated in court, is that Facebook users have no right to challenge search warrants in advance 2/10
The judge seemed concerned about what this would mean for third parties whose communications/identifying info could be swept up 3/10
The judge seemed open to placing some limits on the government's access to the Facebook accounts, but not to toss the warrants outright 4/10
The judge also wants Facebook to explain just how much it can tailor a production of user account records to the government 5/10
That is, beyond limiting records based on date ranges, can Facebook apply other criteria to narrow info produced to the govt 6/10
This matters b/c if Facebook can narrow initial production to weed out protected/irrelevant info, that goes to challengers' concerns 7/10
Prosecutor offered some insight into what gov't might be looking for, incl. posts people liked, friend connections, photos from Jan. 20 8/10
Great quip from the judge, during exchange about the 4th Amendment: "With all due respect, the Framers weren't anticipating Facebook." 9/10
The Facebook dispute is related to the mass arrests for alleged rioting in DC during Trump's inauguration. Trials set to start in Nov. 10/10