(02-19-2018, 07:00 PM)FBT Wrote:

(02-19-2018, 09:35 AM)StroudCrowd1 Wrote: Why aren't the social media companies getting more attention for meddling in the 2016 election? All of the social media platforms I am on were clearly left bias the entire election cycle.

1. Twitter would create fake high trends for topics favoring the left.
2. Google would filter search results. For instance, the day Hillary ate the asphalt outside the van, if you typed "Hillary Clinton F" into Google, the suggested search was "Hillary Clinton foreign policy".

Is it OK for these companies to meddle in the election since they aren't foreign entities? IMO, they are more guilty than the Russians, but like the Russians, it didn't work.

If they’re a foreign based entity like these Russian trolls were, it’s illegal.  Otherwise it’s not. 

I agree that social media platforms played around with their algorithms to favor one candidate over another.  They also cater their rules toward political bias.  I know quite a few right wingers who have been banned for speaking their truth on platforms like Facebook while lefties can say the exact same things without fear of reprisal.

What’s really interesting is that the Obama administration did very much the same thing in 2015 with the PM elections in Israel.  Obama sent his team over there to campaign against Netanyahu, using state department funds to create a counter to his campaign.  It’s equally illegal to do this, but nobody has ever said a word about it.  

The US is more actively involved in influencing elections around the globe than these Russians could ever dream of, but since it's the United States, I guess it was okay.  Look at the vote on BREXIT.  Obama went over there and basically campaigned for the UK to stay in, trying to influence the outcome.