> They also used thousands of Twitter accounts to make it appear as if automated Russian bot accounts were following and supporting Mr. Moore, according to an internal report on the project. The apparent Russian support for Mr. Moore drew broad news media coverage.<p>also from <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2018/12/22/facebook-suspends-five-accounts-including-social-media-researcher-misleading-tactics-alabama-election/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.4eb218b514da" rel="nofollow">https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2018/12/22/faceboo...</a><p>> Morgan’s efforts have stirred controversy because of his role at New Knowledge, which has helped Senate lawmakers uncover the means in which Russian agents weaponized Facebook, Twitter a<p>So person in charge of detecting "the Russians" couldn't find enough Russians and so he made his own Russians and possibly altered the results of US elections.
> But at least a few Democrats thought their party could not shun such tactics entirely if others were going to continue to use them.<p>And so the deception arms race has begun. Social media messaging is a toxic influence when centrally managed, inherently anonymous, or publicly accessible.
Ironically, the company mentioned in the article for spreading disinformation has the following mission statement: “New Knowledge protects your brand from social media disinformation by identifying fake accounts, fake news, and propaganda campaigns.”<p>Why choose white hat or black hat when you can profit from both sides. Ingenious!<p>—-<p>“The money went to a small group of social media experts that included Jonathon Morgan, the chief executive of New Knowledge, a cybersecurity firm.<p>They created a Facebook page intended to look like the work of conservative Alabamians, and used it to try to split Republicans and promote a conservative write-in candidate to take votes from Mr. Moore.<p>They also used thousands of Twitter accounts to make it appear as if automated Russian bot accounts were following and supporting Mr. Moore, according to an internal report on the project. The apparent Russian support for Mr. Moore drew broad news media coverage.”
Every part of culture, every discussion, everything is a life and death political fight to half the country, whether on the left or the right. In their eyes, if you’re not fighting against the other side you are complicit and the ends justify the means to power.
Basically, he’s too rich to know where he’s spending his money.<p>A good problem to have, but clearly he recognized this was a big screwup and he fessed up. Not more one can ask for.
Interesting how so many leftists who hate the koch brothers and their big money spending are fine with billionaire tech elites throwing their money around<p>But I suppose that's not surprising considering the top 10 richest districts and 73 of the top 100 voted democrat<p><a href="https://finance.yahoo.com/news/midterms-one-party-controls-wealthiest-184200649.html" rel="nofollow">https://finance.yahoo.com/news/midterms-one-party-controls-w...</a><p>Citizens United needs to be overturned ASAP