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☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to World News@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 days ago

Facebook Blocks Lula’s Campaign Ads Just Days Before Brazil Election

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Facebook Blocks Lula’s Campaign Ads Just Days Before Brazil Election

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☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to World News@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 days ago
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Meta briefly disabled ads on the Facebook page of Brazil’s leftwing president on Friday – just days before he faces a far-right challenger in national elections.
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    you’re telling me the company who helped cambridge analytics do their schemes with elections is doing it again? pikachu face

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      The problem with bringing up Cambridge Analytica is that 1) their schemes were found not to be effective and 2) it feeds BlueAnon conspiracy theories.

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        their schemes were found not to be effective

        surprising to hear – do you know where i can learn more?

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          https://www.itpro.com/policy-legislation/data-protection/357367/cambridge-analytica-project-was-ineffective-ico-claims

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        money was made though, if it works or not facebook plays a role on elections and ads and they generally favour the right wing ones. but yeah, i didn’t know about that, tho, thanks.

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