Tag: Department of Digital Economy

  • Can Facebook be Used to Steal an Election?

    By Steven Hill, Counterpunch, October 30, 2020

    What a year. The US has faced three unprecedented crises – the COVID pandemic, nationwide racial unrest, and now a bitterly contested presidential election. And there in the middle of all three is the Dark Trinity: Facebook, YouTube and Twitter.

    With nearly 3 billion users, Facebook is by far the largest publisher in the world of news and information.…