Facebook?

[Granny]

Don't know if any of you have experienced this, but USMB is a good way to reach a wide audience. I don't post on Facebook very much ... just like to keep up with friends and family. However, today, for the second time in the the last month or so, I clicked on one of the "sponsored" ads/videos and my security stared sending out audible "whistles" and flashing "hacking attempt" in big red letters. You can't get out of or cancel these things and my only option is to hit the "kill switch" on my surge protector. Maybe it would be wise to NOT click on any of these "sponsored" ads/videos no matter how interesting or innocent they may appear. Apparently Facebook has no security or whatever to block fake sponsors or hacking ... so do what you have to do to protect yourself. Just saying.

 

[waltky]

Facebook havin' to deal with unintended social consequences...

Unintended Social Consequences Catching up to Facebook
September 30, 2017 — Years of limited oversight and unchecked growth have turned Facebook into a force with incredible power over the lives of its 2 billion users. But the social network has also given rise to unintended social consequences, and they’re starting to catch up with it:

* House and Senate panels investigating Russian interference in the 2016 elections have invited Facebook, along with Google and Twitter, to testify this fall. Facebook just agreed to give congressional investigators 3,000 political ads purchased by Russian-backed entities, and announced new disclosure policies for political advertising

* Facebook belatedly acknowledged its role purveying false news to its users during the 2016 campaign and announced new measures to curb it. Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg even apologized, more than 10 months after the fact, for calling the idea that Facebook might have influenced the election “pretty crazy.”

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks during a panel discussion in Beijing, March 19, 2016. The world’s biggest social network is starting to face the consequences of not preventing the often unforeseen problems that keep cropping up on its platform, from false news to real ads from agents of the Russian government looking to influence the U.S. election.​

* The company has taken flack for a live video feature that was quickly used to broadcast violent crime and suicides; for removing an iconic Vietnam War photo for “child pornography” and then backtracking; and for allegedly putting its thumb on a feature that ranked trending news stories.

Facebook is behind the curve in understanding that “what happens in their system has profound consequences in the real world,” said Fordham University media-studies professor Paul Levinson. The company’s knee-jerk response has often been “none of your business” when confronted about these consequences, he said.

Moving fast, still breaking things

 

[Marion Morrison]

Facebook limits who sees your content.

You might have 600 "friends", but only 7 see what you post.

They changed to that a few years back.

That and editing people's posts they find not leftist enough.