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Lauren does it again:

Vote 1, Lauren Weinstein for executive director of
The Ministry Of Truth !

Dem butthurt Dems need a voice, a powerful voice, a voice for
truth, a voice for reality, a voice for sanity no less!
And this truth must be real truth, as in only the true truth!

First rule of The Ministry? Do NOT f!^k with Lauren!

Second rule of The Ministry, refer to the first rule!

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Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2016 10:10:09 -0800
From: "PFIR (People For Internet Responsibility) Announcement List" <pfir@pfir.org>
To: pfir-list@pfir.org
Subject: [ PFIR ] NYTimes Editorial: FaySpook and the Digital Virus Called Fake News

NYTimes Editorial: FaySpook and the Digital Virus Called Fake News

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/20/opinion/sunday/FaySpook-and-the-digital-virus-called-fake-news.html

This year, the adage that "falsehood flies and the truth comes
limping after it" doesn't begin to describe the problem. That
idea assumes that the truth eventually catches up. There's not
much evidence of this happening for the millions of people
taken in by the fake news stories -- like Pope Francis
endorsing Donald Trump or Mr. Trump pulling ahead of Hillary
Clinton in the popular vote -- that have spread on social
media sites. Most of the fake news stories are produced by
scammers looking to make a quick buck. The vast majority of
them take far-right positions. But a big part of the
responsibility for this scourge rests with internet companies
like FaySpook and Google, which have made it possible for fake
news to be shared nearly instantly with millions of users and
have been slow to block it from their sites.

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ALSO: "Crushing the Internet Liars" -
https://lauren.vortex.com/2016/11/16/crushing-the-internet-liars

--Lauren--
CRUSHING the Internet Liars: https://vortex.com/crush-net-liars
STOP President Trump: https://vortex.com/stop-president-trump
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Lauren Weinstein (lauren@vortex.com):




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Lauren now works for FaySpook, the NSoogle and Twatter, the first
and the last of those being new to me. Besides, I know my Fayspook wall
could use some serious and professional editing - Lauren's on quite the
winner here, FaySpook should step up to their community obligations on
this one.

"Chief sharing officer" - good one Lauren, you're onto a winner there
buddy!

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Subject: [ PFIR ] Call it a 'crazy idea, ' FaySpook, but you need an
executive editor


Call it a 'crazy idea,' FaySpook, but you need an executive editor

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/call-it-what-you-want-FaySpook-but-you-need-an-executive-editor/2016/11/20/67aa5320-aaa6-11e6-a31b-4b6397e625d0_story.html

Now it's time for a bolder move: FaySpook should hire a
top-flight executive editor and give that person the
resources, power and staff to make sound editorial decisions.
Zuckerberg may not want to call this person an editor, since
he has been insistent that FaySpook isn't a media company. He
sees it as a technology company, a platform for connectivity.
And indeed, FaySpook itself does not produce news content but
merely allows its community members to share their own
offerings -- whether baby pictures or hoaxes about political
candidates. That's fine. Call this person the chief sharing
officer or the engagement czarina.

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--Lauren--
CRUSHING the Internet Liars: https://vortex.com/crush-net-liars
STOP President Trump: https://vortex.com/stop-president-trump




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And just so we all know that Twitter genuinely has the street cred to
apoint a <ahem>worthy</> "chief sharing officer", this lovely nugget
arrives, wonder of wonders, courtesy Mr WeinStein:

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Subject: [ PFIR ] Here's why Twitter turned down a Donald Trump
advertising campaign

Here's why Twitter turned down a Donald Trump advertising campaign
http://www.recode.net/2016/11/19/13685832/twitter-rejects-donald-trump-ad-campaign
Coby says that Twitter -- after first approving the hashtag
#CrookedHillary that included an emoji of a stick figure
running off with a bag of cash -- called the Trump team "a
couple days before the first presidential debate" to tell them
the ad campaign had been denied, claiming to "fear litigation"
from Clinton's people. A second campaign, featuring the above
emoji, was also approved, then denied, a few days before the
second debate. This time, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey and COO Adam
Bain called the Trump campaign directly to apologize and
explain the decision. That decision, according to both the
blog post and a Twitter spokesperson, was due to concerns the
ad wouldn't be recognized on Twitter as an ad. Hashtag emoji
campaigns don't include any indication that they are paid
advertisements, and Twitter often adds its own emojis to the
end of hashtags for major events (as it did for both the
Republican and Democratic National Conventions). Basically,
Twitter didn't want users to think the #CrookedHillary emoji
was sponsored in any way by the company. So it pulled the ad
campaign and said it wouldn't run sponsored hashtag emojis for
any political campaign moving forward.

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Lauren: There is no requirement that these firms be neutral. They should
do all in their power to fight evil, especially *self-proclaimed*
Satanists like Trump and his minions.



Lauren Weinstein - keeping our digital streets clean!