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Brian4Liberty
10-13-2017, 12:33 PM
Exclusive: Russian-bought Black Lives Matter ad on Facebook targeted Baltimore and Ferguson (http://money.cnn.com/2017/09/27/media/facebook-black-lives-matter-targeting/index.html)
by Dylan Byers -September 28, 2017


At least one of the Facebook ads bought by Russians during the 2016 presidential campaign referenced Black Lives Matter and was specifically targeted to reach audiences in Ferguson, Missouri and Baltimore, sources with knowledge of the ads told CNN.

Ferguson and Baltimore had gained widespread attention for the large and violent protests over police shootings of black men. The decision to target the ad in those two cities offers the first look at how accounts linked to the Russian government-affiliated troll farm known as the Internet Research Agency used geographically targeted advertising to sow political chaos in the United States, the sources said.
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The Black Lives Matter ad appeared on Facebook at some point in late 2015 or early 2016, the sources said. The sources said it appears the ad was meant to appear both as supporting Black Lives Matter but also could be seen as portraying the group as threatening to some residents of Baltimore and Ferguson.

New descriptions of the Russian-bought ads shared with CNN suggest that the apparent goal of the Russian buyers was to amplify political discord and fuel an atmosphere of incivility and chaos, though not necessarily to promote one candidate or cause over another.
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More: http://money.cnn.com/2017/09/27/media/facebook-black-lives-matter-targeting/index.html

Brian4Liberty
10-13-2017, 12:34 PM
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https://twitter.com/USAB4L/status/918904093623685120

goldenequity
10-13-2017, 04:07 PM
Russian efforts to meddle in American politics did not end at Facebook and Twitter. A CNN investigation of a Russian-linked account shows its tentacles extended to YouTube, Tumblr and even Pokémon Go. :eek:
http://money.cnn.com/2017/10/12/media/dont-shoot-us-russia-pokemon-go/index.html


One Russian-linked campaign posing as part of the Black Lives Matter movement
used Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, Tumblr and Pokémon Go
and even contacted some reporters in an effort to exploit racial tensions and sow discord among Americans, CNN has learned.







Trolling CNN :)

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DL_Tw62UEAYu-f9.jpg:large

enhanced_deficit
10-13-2017, 06:17 PM
One would think nothing could be more controversial than Russian linked actors buying BLM ads... but one would be surprised to know there could be more even more controversial actors from inside US involved with BLM cause.


"If we could survive each other, we'd do a great job," says indie king and Weinstein Co. co-chairman as he dishes on wooing Trayvon Martin's family and championing LGBT and women's rights in the Trump era.