Saturday, September 23, 2017

Michael Bloomberg: Facebook May Need to ‘Read Every Message’ to Stop Fake News



Michael Bloomberg: Facebook May Need to ‘Read Every Message’ to Stop Fake News
by Nate Church 21 Sep 2017
At the first Bloomberg Global Business Forum in New York, former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg asserted that social media platforms “have to be more aggressive” in fighting “fake news.”

Bloomberg believes that if stopping the spread of “fake news” means that Facebook has to “read every message,” that it is “[Facebook’s] problem, [not] society’s problem.” He said that the proliferation of fake news is “not all their fault,” but, “They have a responsibility. And if they say, ‘Well, there’s no ways to do it other than maybe we’re going to have a human being read every message,’ I’m sorry. You’re going to have to do that.

Bloomberg compared it to other systems of regulation, which he said makes banks “responsible under the law, to make sure that you don’t launder money,” and telephone companies “responsible to know where calls come from.” The former mayor said that he “assumes what [he reads] in the newspapers is true,” saying that supposed Russian interference in American politics is “as bad as attacking our country with weapons” and is “killing democracy.”

This is not the first time Bloomberg has brushed off privacy concerns in the name of security. In an interview with the New York Daily News in 2013, he addressed concerns about drone surveillance by saying that “the argument against using automation, it’s this craziness– ‘Oh, it’s Big Brother.’ Get used to it.”

Bloomberg’s argument led The Atlantic to label him a “surveillance-state extremist,” calling him out for claiming that with rising levels of security, “our laws and our interpretation of the Constitution [have] to change.”

A Yale University study published in September found that flagging stories as “fake news” had little impact in readers’ deciding whether an article was true or false. “Slapping down a big logo also doesn’t do anything,” psychologist David Rand admitted. “People don’t find mainstream media outlets particularly credible.”

Let’s connect the dots:

Facebook
Chris Hughes is a co-founder for Facebook, and was a member of the Democracy Alliance.

Note: George Soros was a member of the Democracy Alliance, the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society, a benefactor for the Harlem Children's Zone, and a benefactor for the Human Rights Watch.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Harlem Children's Zone, the International Rescue Committee, the Brookings Institution (think tank), the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank), the Aspen Institute (think tank), the Robin Hood Foundation, and the Human Rights Watch.
Michael R. Bloomberg was a benefactor for the Harlem Children's Zone, a New York (NY) mayor, and an advocate for the ONE Campaign.
ONE Campaign is a partner with the International Rescue Committee.
Sheryl K. Sandberg is a director at the ONE Campaign, the COO & director for Facebook, and was a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).
David F. Swensen was a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), and is a chief investment officer for Yale University.
Judith Rodin was an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), and a provost at Yale University.
Henry Louis Gates Jr. was an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), and a professor at Yale University.
Morton H. Halperin is a director at the ONE Campaign, and was a director at the Constitution Project.
Howard G. Buffett is a director at the ONE Campaign, and Warren E. Buffett’s son.
Susan A. Buffett is a director at the ONE Campaign, and Warren E. Buffett’s daughter.
Warren E. Buffett is Howard G. Buffett & Susan A. Buffett’s father, an adviser for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank), and an advisory board member for Everytown for Gun Safety.
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank) was a funder for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank). 
Jessica Tuchman Mathews is a director at the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank), was the president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank), a director at the American Friends of Bilderberg (think tank), an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), and a 2008 Bilderberg conference participant (think tank).
Ed Griffin’s interview with Norman Dodd in 1982
(The investigation into the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace uncovered the plans for population control by involving the United States in war)
Ted Turner is a co-chairman for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank), and the founder of CNN.
Walter Isaacson was a chairman & CEO for CNN, is the president & CEO for the Aspen Institute (think tank), and a director at the Bloomberg Family Foundation.
Bloomberg Family Foundation was a funder for the Aspen Institute (think tank).
Michael R. Bloomberg is the founder of the Bloomberg Family Foundation, the founder of Everytown for Gun Safety, Emma Bloomberg’s father, was a benefactor for the Harlem Children's Zone, a New York (NY) mayor, an advocate for the ONE Campaign, and a donor for the Robin Hood Foundation.
Everytown for Gun Safety is a “Gun Safety, Gun Control” group for guns.
Warren E. Buffett is an advisory board member for Everytown for Gun Safety, Howard G. Buffett & Susan A. Buffett’s father, an adviser for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank).
Ted Turner is a co-chairman for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank), and the founder of CNN.
Vivian Schiller was the SVP for CNN Productions, and a
 Russian interpreter for the Turner Broadcasting System Inc.
CNN Worldwide is a division of the Turner Broadcasting System Inc., and CNN.
Very Fake News Scandal Consumes CNN as Jeff Zucker, Network Flack Refuse to Comment on Russia Retraction to Own Network
Jeff Zucker is the president of CNN Worldwide, and a director emeritus for the Robin Hood Foundation.
Emma Bloomberg was the chief of staff for the Robin Hood Foundation, is a director at the Robin Hood Foundation, a director at the Bloomberg Family Foundation, and Michael R. Bloomberg’s daughter.
Bloomberg Family Foundation was a funder for the Aspen Institute (think tank).
Stephen L. Carter is a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), and a professor at Yale University.
Henry Louis Gates Jr. is a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), and was a professor at Yale University.
Marvin H. Edwards is the VP for the Aspen Institute (think tank), and was a director at the Constitution Project.
Mortimer B. Zuckerman was a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), the owner & publisher for the New York Daily News, and is an overseer at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.
James E. Rothman is an overseer at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, and a professor at Yale University.
Jeff Zucker is an overseer at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, a director emeritus for the Robin Hood Foundation, and the president of CNN Worldwide.
CNN Worldwide is a division of the Turner Broadcasting System Inc., and CNN.
Vivian Schiller was a Russian interpreter for the Turner Broadcasting System Inc, and the SVP for CNN Productions.
Patricia E. Mitchell was the president of CNN Productions, and a director at the Human Rights Watch.
James F. Hoge Jr. was a chairman for the Human Rights Watch, and a publisher & president for the New York Daily News.
George Soros was a benefactor for the Human Rights Watch, the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society, a benefactor for the Harlem Children's Zone, a member of the Democracy Alliance, and is a member of the Breakthrough Energy Coalition.
Chris Hughes was a member of the Democracy Alliance, and is a co-founder for Facebook.
Mark Zuckerberg is a co-founder & chairman & CEO for Facebook, and a member of the Breakthrough Energy Coalition.
George Soros is a member of the Breakthrough Energy Coalition, the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations, was a benefactor for the Human Rights Watch, the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society, a benefactor for the Harlem Children's Zone, and a member of the Democracy Alliance.
Morton H. Halperin is a senior adviser for the Open Society Foundations, a director at the ONE Campaign, and Mark Halperin’s father.
Michael R. Bloomberg was an advocate for the ONE Campaign, a benefactor for the Harlem Children's Zone, a New York (NY) mayor, a donor for the Robin Hood Foundation, is the founder of the Bloomberg Family Foundation, the founder of Everytown for Gun Safety, Emma Bloomberg’s father, and the founder of Bloomberg LP.
Bloomberg Politics is a division of Bloomberg LP.
Mark Halperin is a founding editor for Bloomberg Politics, and Morton H. Halperin’s son.

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