{"id":9545,"date":"2017-12-21T10:45:19","date_gmt":"2017-12-21T14:45:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/?p=9545"},"modified":"2017-12-21T10:45:19","modified_gmt":"2017-12-21T14:45:19","slug":"inside-the-facebook-team-helping-regimes-that-reach-out-and-crack-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/inside-the-facebook-team-helping-regimes-that-reach-out-and-crack-down\/","title":{"rendered":"Inside the Facebook Team Helping Regimes That Reach Out\u2014and Crack Down"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Mark Zuckerberg.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Photographer: Justin Sullivan\/Getty Images<\/strong><\/h6>\n

Some of unit\u2019s clients stifle opposition, stoke extremism.<\/strong><\/em><\/h2>\n

Bloomberg<\/strong><\/h3>\n

by Lauren Etter, Vernon Silver and Sarah Frier
\n12\/21\/2017<\/p>\n

Excerpt:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Under fire for Facebook Inc.<\/a>\u2019s role as a platform for political propaganda, co-founder Mark Zuckerberg has punched back, saying his mission is above partisanship. \u201cWe hope to give all people a voice and create a platform for all ideas,\u201d Zuckerberg wrote in September<\/a> after President Donald Trump accused Facebook of bias.<\/em><\/p>\n

Zuckerberg\u2019s social network is a politically agnostic tool for its more than 2 billion users, he has said. But Facebook, it turns out, is no bystander in global politics. What he hasn\u2019t said is that his company actively works with political parties and leaders including those who use the platform to stifle opposition\u2014sometimes with the aid of\u00a0\u201ctroll armies\u201d<\/a>\u00a0that spread misinformation and extremist ideologies.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

The initiative is run by a little-known Facebook global government and politics team that\u2019s neutral in that it works with nearly anyone seeking or securing power. The unit is led from Washington by Katie Harbath<\/a>, a former Republican digital strategist who worked on former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani\u2019s 2008 presidential campaign. Since Facebook hired Harbath three years later, her team has traveled the globe helping political clients use the company\u2019s powerful digital tools.<\/em><\/p>\n

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View the complete article including images and links at:<\/strong><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/features\/2017-12-21\/inside-the-facebook-team-helping-regimes-that-reach-out-and-crack-down<\/a><\/p>\n

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