How a Pro-Trump Network Is Building a Fake Empire on Facebook!

[sparky]

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$79 gets 6 months

any takers?

~S~

 

[justoffal]

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Biased Media and a Divided Nation
72% of Americans believe "traditional major news sources report news they know to be fake, false, or purposely misleading." The spread of false information and personal attacks has increased tensions between Americans and further divided our nation.

We are independent of any political party. Using our fact-based and truthful reporting, we seek to focus on what unites us as Americans, rather than what divides us.

$79 gets 6 months

any takers?

~S~

Damn....I think I'm gonna pull the trigger on that one.

OJ

 

[bigrebnc1775]

You hate the truth and support a lie mainstream media which is run by 5 corporations

The Epoch times is a pretty damn good news source....they don't seem to play any favorites either. Just straight stuff no matter who it offends. To say that they support Trump is a joke. What they do effectively though is expose the lies of the mainstream media so it's not surprising that the MSM tries to link them to Trump. The ET is absolutely killing them on the presentation of truth and fact....I can Imagine it scares the hell out of them.

JO

I like the Epoc Times

 

[konradv]

I believe OP's saying The Epoch Times has no ethics.
Facebook bans ads from The Epoch Times after huge pro-Trump buy

So, "The Epoch Times", an ultra-right Trump propaganda arm, fraudulently seeks to create a pro-Trump propaganda platform on FaceShit, and that somehow has something to do with Religion? Or Ethics? Naw. It hasn't.

It IS about ethics. As you're a Trumpkin, I can see why you're having a problem with the concept.

 

[sparky]

Damn....I think I'm gonna pull the trigger on that one.

OJ

I like the Epoc Times

perhaps if you're paid subscribers you could post an article here?

~S~

 

[justoffal]

Damn....I think I'm gonna pull the trigger on that one.

OJ

I like the Epoc Times

perhaps if you're paid subscribers you could post an article here?

~S~

Yeah....if I do it I will definitely post even if I have to scan it in ...might get blotted by the moderators though if they fear any kind of copyright infringement....



JO

 

[bigrebnc1775]

Damn....I think I'm gonna pull the trigger on that one.

OJ

I like the Epoc Times

perhaps if you're paid subscribers you could post an article here?

~S~

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[Olde Europe]

It IS about ethics. As you're a Trumpkin, I can see why you're having a problem with the concept.

So, I am a "Trumpkin". What gave me away?

 

[bodecea]

Hundreds of fake account admins and 1,929 Facebook advertising violations only begin to tell the story of the Epoch Times-linked, pro-Trump empire known as The BL.

Last month, Snopes exposed a media outlet named The BL — short for “The Beauty of Life” — as being directly connected to the controversial Falun Gong-linked newspaper The Epoch Times. The Epoch Times, which has effectively served as an arm of the Donald Trump campaign since 2016, has been banned from buying Facebook ads since August 2019 as a result of violations of the platform’s advertising policy. The BL’s pages stopped running ads then, as well. Despite our reporting that linked the two organizations, which included as just one piece of evidence a YouTube video of the exact office listed as The BL’s operation center in which two people who have written for the Epoch Times are introduced, The BL continues to deny any link whatsoever.

After this story was originally published, Epoch Times publisher Stephen Gregory disputed our characterization of links between The BL and The Epoch Times, telling us “no current Epoch Times staff member works for the BL, nor does Epoch Times have any business affiliation or business communications with the BL.”

In this investigation, we report that The BL’s haphazard brand of deception is not limited to its undisclosed links to existing media companies. Instead, its Facebook empire appears to be built on unambiguously inauthentic or fraudulent tactics, including the mass creation of fake American Facebook profiles and the creation of faux “pro-America” groups — all of which are run by The BL without disclosure, and many of which have their origins in Vietnam or other foreign countries. These activities, we show, are part of a coordinated strategy that serves to amplify the reach of The BL’s own content and inflate the perceived size of their audience, all while avoiding the burdensome rules associated with advertising.

A cornerstone of both The Epoch Times’ and The BL’s Facebook strategy had been to purchase massive numbers of Facebook ads that ostensibly promoted their organizations but were largely indistinguishable from Trump campaign ads. Our previous report showed that at least 1,929 ads created by The BL, representing around a half million dollars in money paid to Facebook, were removed for violating Facebook’s ad policies. The combination of advertising-policy violations and clearly inauthentic behavior — on top of The BL’s unwillingness to admit its connection to The Epoch Times — raises a serious question: What does it take for Facebook to consider a “media company” a bad actor on its platform?

We reached out to Facebook with a detailed list of questions regarding The BL and its tactics. A Facebook spokesperson did not answer any of those questions, instead telling us: “We are reviewing this information, and, as always, we will take action if we find violating activity.”

Speaking of James Roscoe, that profile picture is a stock image from the free photo website Unsplash.com (a recurring theme in many of the fake profiles is the repeated use of photographs found on that website). Occasionally, operators at The BL appear to use the same photo for different Facebook profiles with different names. Roscoe’s fake visage also happens to be used for another fake BL profile, this one bearing the name “James Anderson”:

It's all about fake with CRC orange cultists. Fake News.....Fake Impeachment....Fake People....Fake Accomplishments.

 

[konradv]

It IS about ethics. As you're a Trumpkin, I can see why you're having a problem with the concept.

So, I am a "Trumpkin". What gave me away?

The usual, refusal to face facts.

 

[Crepitus]

You hate the truth and support a lie mainstream media which is run by 5 corporations

Your desperation causes you to attack those you disagree with for no reason.

 

[justoffal]

Hundreds of fake account admins and 1,929 Facebook advertising violations only begin to tell the story of the Epoch Times-linked, pro-Trump empire known as The BL.

Last month, Snopes exposed a media outlet named The BL — short for “The Beauty of Life” — as being directly connected to the controversial Falun Gong-linked newspaper The Epoch Times. The Epoch Times, which has effectively served as an arm of the Donald Trump campaign since 2016, has been banned from buying Facebook ads since August 2019 as a result of violations of the platform’s advertising policy. The BL’s pages stopped running ads then, as well. Despite our reporting that linked the two organizations, which included as just one piece of evidence a YouTube video of the exact office listed as The BL’s operation center in which two people who have written for the Epoch Times are introduced, The BL continues to deny any link whatsoever.

After this story was originally published, Epoch Times publisher Stephen Gregory disputed our characterization of links between The BL and The Epoch Times, telling us “no current Epoch Times staff member works for the BL, nor does Epoch Times have any business affiliation or business communications with the BL.”

In this investigation, we report that The BL’s haphazard brand of deception is not limited to its undisclosed links to existing media companies. Instead, its Facebook empire appears to be built on unambiguously inauthentic or fraudulent tactics, including the mass creation of fake American Facebook profiles and the creation of faux “pro-America” groups — all of which are run by The BL without disclosure, and many of which have their origins in Vietnam or other foreign countries. These activities, we show, are part of a coordinated strategy that serves to amplify the reach of The BL’s own content and inflate the perceived size of their audience, all while avoiding the burdensome rules associated with advertising.

A cornerstone of both The Epoch Times’ and The BL’s Facebook strategy had been to purchase massive numbers of Facebook ads that ostensibly promoted their organizations but were largely indistinguishable from Trump campaign ads. Our previous report showed that at least 1,929 ads created by The BL, representing around a half million dollars in money paid to Facebook, were removed for violating Facebook’s ad policies. The combination of advertising-policy violations and clearly inauthentic behavior — on top of The BL’s unwillingness to admit its connection to The Epoch Times — raises a serious question: What does it take for Facebook to consider a “media company” a bad actor on its platform?

We reached out to Facebook with a detailed list of questions regarding The BL and its tactics. A Facebook spokesperson did not answer any of those questions, instead telling us: “We are reviewing this information, and, as always, we will take action if we find violating activity.”

Speaking of James Roscoe, that profile picture is a stock image from the free photo website Unsplash.com (a recurring theme in many of the fake profiles is the repeated use of photographs found on that website). Occasionally, operators at The BL appear to use the same photo for different Facebook profiles with different names. Roscoe’s fake visage also happens to be used for another fake BL profile, this one bearing the name “James Anderson”:

hahah..... I just realized that is face book is the only place you're looking for a pro trump network then you are really going to be steam rolled to death in Nov 2020.....there are so many of them now in almost every level of society that you guys are never going to see it coming.

 

[Crepitus]

Whoever is stupid enough to hang out on FaceShit has a "Defraud me!" sign hanging around their neck. They deserve whatever it is they get. BTW, what does the OP have to do with "Religion and Ethics"?

I believe the OP is saying Epoch Times has no ethics.

Facebook bans ads from The Epoch Times after huge pro-Trump buy

So, "The Epoch Times", an ultra-right Trump propaganda arm, fraudulently seeks to create a pro-Trump propaganda platform on FaceShit, and that somehow has something to do with Religion? Or Ethics?

Naw. It hasn't.

The owners are a Chinese cult. Religious.

 

[sparky]

It IS about ethics. As you're a Trumpkin, I can see why you're having a problem with the concept.

So, I am a "Trumpkin". What gave me away?

they found you on the yellow brick road Olde one ....busted!



~S~

 

[justoffal]

Whoever is stupid enough to hang out on FaceShit has a "Defraud me!" sign hanging around their neck. They deserve whatever it is they get. BTW, what does the OP have to do with "Religion and Ethics"?

I believe the OP is saying Epoch Times has no ethics.

Facebook bans ads from The Epoch Times after huge pro-Trump buy

So, "The Epoch Times", an ultra-right Trump propaganda arm, fraudulently seeks to create a pro-Trump propaganda platform on FaceShit, and that somehow has something to do with Religion? Or Ethics?

Naw. It hasn't.

The owners are a Chinese cult. Religious.

Anything associated with Falun Gong is going to be APOLTICAL period or they won't associate with it.
so the cry about the EPOCH times is bullshit....if they choose to tell the truth while the MSM lies....well then that's a problem for the MSM isn't it? The problem is that the left wing lie structure doesn't live in the pages of the paper....but neither do right wing lies.

JO

 

[bigrebnc1775]

You hate the truth and support a lie mainstream media which is run by 5 corporations

Your desperation causes you to attack those you disagree with for no reason.

it's funny that mainstream media controls 90% of the media and you think they tell you the truth

 

[Olde Europe]

Whoever is stupid enough to hang out on FaceShit has a "Defraud me!" sign hanging around their neck. They deserve whatever it is they get. BTW, what does the OP have to do with "Religion and Ethics"?

I believe the OP is saying Epoch Times has no ethics.

Facebook bans ads from The Epoch Times after huge pro-Trump buy

So, "The Epoch Times", an ultra-right Trump propaganda arm, fraudulently seeks to create a pro-Trump propaganda platform on FaceShit, and that somehow has something to do with Religion? Or Ethics?

Naw. It hasn't.

The owners are a Chinese cult. Religious.

Really, I don't know how you come up with such bullshit, Crepitus. The article is about The Epoch Times's circumventing of Facebook’s review systems so as to conceal the source of advertising dollars. Their relation to Falun Gong is barely mentioned, the sect's religious message is not mentioned at all. The article is about politics, and money in politics - the (pseudo-)religious affiliation is purely incidental.

I see, the thread is now in Conspiracy Theories, which also doesn't fit - at least I can't see a conspiracy, just seemingly well-documented violations of FaceShit's rules concerning political ads.

 

[Olde Europe]

they found you on the yellow brick road Olde one ....busted!

Well and truly busted, apparently.

Silly YouDupe flickering images are still not running on this machine, and won't, ever. So, since I never cared for the Wizard of Oz, you'll have to say whatever there is to say about that "yellow brick road", or whatever that flick is about.

 

[Crepitus]

You hate the truth and support a lie mainstream media which is run by 5 corporations

Your desperation causes you to attack those you disagree with for no reason.

it's funny that mainstream media controls 90% of the media and you think they tell you the truth

You have fallen for the propaganda.

 

[Crepitus]

Whoever is stupid enough to hang out on FaceShit has a "Defraud me!" sign hanging around their neck. They deserve whatever it is they get. BTW, what does the OP have to do with "Religion and Ethics"?

I believe the OP is saying Epoch Times has no ethics.

Facebook bans ads from The Epoch Times after huge pro-Trump buy

So, "The Epoch Times", an ultra-right Trump propaganda arm, fraudulently seeks to create a pro-Trump propaganda platform on FaceShit, and that somehow has something to do with Religion? Or Ethics?

Naw. It hasn't.

The owners are a Chinese cult. Religious.

Really, I don't know how you come up with such bullshit, Crepitus. The article is about The Epoch Times's circumventing of Facebook’s review systems so as to conceal the source of advertising dollars. Their relation to Falun Gong is barely mentioned, the sect's religious message is not mentioned at all. The article is about politics, and money in politics - the (pseudo-)religious affiliation is purely incidental.

I see, the thread is now in Conspiracy Theories, which also doesn't fit - at least I can't see a conspiracy, just seemingly well-documented violations of FaceShit's rules concerning political ads.

Barely mentioned? Sure, and what difference does it make? The question was "what does this have to do with religion and ethics?". That's what it has to do with it.