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Has Social Media become the Democrat’s enemy?….

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The Barack Obama campaign used the media like champs….

Democrats where patting themselves on back….

Hillary Clinton wasn’t good at it….

Donald Trump IS a entertainer….

BIGGER than life….

(A serial liar to boot)

Single handed booster twitter’s political business 

This time?

Democrats are worried about social media and tech….

Joe Biden isn’t in the same league as Trump…(Sanders is closer)

Some advice?

Democrats better get with the program…

Donald Trump isn’t gonna stop grabbing the spotlight…

And social media isn’t going away….

One of Facebook’s biggest headaches leading up to 2020 isn’t election interference or fake news — it’s worrying about what a Democrat in the White House could mean for the business.

Why it matters: The Obama administration’s warm embrace of Big Tech is no longer shared by many Democratic policymakers and presidential hopefuls. Many of them hold Facebook responsible for President Trump’s 2016 victory, assail it for allowing misinformation to spread, and have vowed to regulate it or break it up.

Driving the news: Democratic contenders responded with visceral dislike to mentions of Facebook during The New York Times’ recent on-camera endorsement process.

  • Joe Biden: “I’ve never been a fan of Facebook, as you probably know. I’ve never been a big Zuckerberg fan. I think he’s a real problem,” Biden told The Times.
  • Bernie Sanders: “You have Facebook and Twitter, Google, enormous amount of the advertising that is done online. These are very, very serious problems.”
  • Pete Buttigieg: “[T]hat’s the problem with Facebook. No one company and no one person should have the kind of power that they’ve accumulated.”

Between the lines: Tech issues have driven more campaign debate during this Democratic primary season than in previous cycles.

  • Antitrust: Sanders and Elizabeth Warren have called for Big Tech companies like Facebook to be broken up, and most of their competitors have suggested they need more scrutiny and regulation.
  • Content liability: In his interview with The Times’ editorial board, Biden suggested that Facebook shouldn’t be protected from liability for content users provide.
  • Privacy: Sanders told Vox Media in December that “there should be strict accountability and oversight over the collection and sale of consumer data, especially by major technology corporations such as Facebook.”

Be smart: Criticism of Big Tech is coming from both parties. But Republicans and conservatives have historically opposed regulating industry and breaking up monopolies, while for Democrats, it’s home base.

  • Congressional Democrats initially pushed for new regulations on digital political ads, but the law eventually fell through without enough Republican support.
  • Democratic FTC commissioners voted as a minority against the record $5 billion Cambridge Analytica privacy fine, arguing that the penalty was too small.
  • Democratic state attorneys general are taking the lead on investigating and suing Big Tech firms like Facebook and Google.

The big picture: Facebook has leaned on its conservative connections under the Trump administration, while its relationship with Democrats has become more hostile….

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  1. George Soros accused Facebook of working to re-elect Donald Trump in this year’s U.S. election campaign in exchange for protection.

    “Facebook will work to re-elect Trump and Trump will protect Facebook,” the Hungarian-born U.S. financier said in a speech in Davos on Thursday. “It makes me very concerned about the outcome of 2020.”

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    • All of you who have Facebook (I don’t use it), better delete your accounts, or you are working to re-elect Trump.

      Do the right thing Scott!

  2. Despite enormous pressure (i.e. more and more stuff I want or want to do moving to Facebook), I’ve always been alarmed enough by the most recent privacy scare to refrain from actually signing onto Facebook. It still seems the wisest course to me, even though I’ll be able to see and do less and less.

    • DSD?

      The younger user of Facebook do NOT expect privacy….

      The mere fact that they are on it shows u so….

      The internet ITSELF is by it’s nature not secure or private….

      As I write in the post…

      Obama & Co. mastered social media to run…

      Hillary Clinton neglected it…

      Joe Biden seems ambivalent ….

      Bernie Sanders get over because of his nature and ‘look’….

      Democrats cannot attack their way thru it…

      They must embrace it and master it less they suffer by it’s hands…

  3. Yes I have a Facebook page (not sure why CG is singling that out like it makes me weird).

    There are a lot of community and charity groups I am involved with in real life that use FB to organise abd disseminate information so not being on it woukd mean not being involved in these groups that do a lot of good IRL (in real life)

    Yes I’m not wild about some of the issues with FB failing to curtail false stories, but it’s a trade-off one has to make.

    Choosing not to be on Facebook or other social media is certainly one’s right. I don’t think it makes you any more “pure” or informed though.

      • This may shock you and FOX News but just because I am a Democrat does not mean I listen to George Soros.

        • What if the trade off was you have to get off Facebook in order to see Trump lose? Is that not a deal worth making?

          I mean you seem to think that Illinois is going to end in a tie if I don’t vote for the Democrat in November…..

  4. Just saw an ad from CG’s choice Bloomberg promising as President he would defend women’s reproductive rights on Facebook.

    • At least I can find a choice. You seem to be holding out for someone “perfect.” I assume Bloomberg will not expect taxpayers to pick up the tab. If not, he will be no different than the rest, as his party continues to march further and further left. That would be a problem in a general election.

      If Bloomberg defeats Trump and becomes President, that is great. People will continue to fight for the Right to Life regardless of whom is President.

      Goodnight.

      • Therd are 4 or 5 candidates I consider fantastic and would be happy to support.

        When it gets closer to the March 10 Missouri primary I’ll be happy to make my choice known

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