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The world's most popular social network, with over 1,000,000,000 users in 2014.

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Started: February 4, 2004
Founders: Mark Zuckerberg, Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum, Dustin Moskovitz, Chris Hughes
Subgroups: Instagram, WhatsApp, Oculus VR, PrivateCore

Owner: Mark Zuckerberg
Staff: 10082
Constitutes: Universal surveillance,  social medium
 

Sub-Pages

          Page Name          SizeDescription
Facebook/Censorship7,102Facebook has censored its users' free speech for years. After being quasi-covert, this became explicit in 2020 as part of the COVID-19/Censorship.
Facebook/Oversight board1,240The group charged with deciding what could be said on Facebook, and what should be removed

As the world's most widely used social website, Facebook has a great - and often poorly understood - ability to influence its users.[1] The first board member was Bilderberg/Steering committee member, Peter Thiel.[2]

Palantir CEO Alex Karp has asked people to consider "the value that facebook brings to society"[3].

George Soros has called Facebook a "menace to society" and a "near monopoly distributor" of information that should be regulated as a utility[4].

Origins

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Facebook was officially founded on 4 February 2004, the same day that DARPA shut down the LifeLog universal surveillance project. The Facebook CEO was Mark Zuckerberg, at Harvard University.

The official narrative declares that Zuckerberg was a computer genius who coded the site himself. Another version has him as a front man for the US Deep state's DARPA-backed LifeLog project.

Activities

Gatekeeping

WhoWhatWhy reports that gatekeeping is a common phenomenon in Facebook, as editors reported regular manual intervention to add or remove particular news stories from the 'trending' news feed.[5]

Censorship

Full article: Facebook/Censorship
"Destructive behaviors" of trolls, as defined by an internal Facebook document

Facebook reported a 21% rise in takedown requests in the latter half of 2017, up from 64,279 to 78,890. The US accounts for 57% of all requests.[6]

"Fake News"

Mark Zuckerberg wrote in 2017 that "Right now, we're starting to explore ways to use AI to tell the difference between news stories about "terrorism" and actual terrorist propaganda so we can quickly remove anyone trying to use our services to recruit for a terrorist organization."[7]

"Hate Speech"

On May 31, 2016, Facebook agreed with Google, Microsoft, and Twitter to a European Union code of conduct obligating them to review "[the] majority of valid notifications for removal of illegal hate speech" posted on their services within 24 hours.[8] In 2018, Breitbart News reported that "Britain’s police have stumbled into another public relations disaster after threatening to track down and prosecute Facebook users for ridiculing them."[9]

Mass surveillance

With over 1,000,000,000 active users, Facebook is recording a lot of data about a lot of people. Together with other social media, in 2016, Facebook "accounted for 43 percent of all traffic to major news sites. Nearly two-thirds of Facebook and Twitter users access their news through their feeds."[10]

Data Harvesting

Brittany Kaiser, a staffer of Cambridge Analytica reported in April 2018 that over 87 million users' details were accessed by the company.[11]

Content moderation

A Facebook friendly version of the iconic 1972 war photograph

A 2015 estimate put 1/3 of Facebook's entire staff as moderators, but Facebook claimed this was an overestimate - although without offering an alternative figure.[12]

The editor of Norway's largest newspaper found his Facebook feed censored after he posted the 1972 image of Kim Phúc running away from a US napalm attack. In an open letter to Mark Zuckerberg he complained that "First you create rules that don’t distinguish between child pornography and famous war photographs. Then you practice these rules without allowing space for good judgement. Finally you even censor criticism against and a discussion about the decision – and you punish the person who dares to voice criticism."[13]

Tracking of Users

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Facebook admits to using the microphone to listen to users' environments, but has claimed that it does not record conversations.

Since 2012, Facebook has been "better understanding of our ecosystem" by encouraging users to report if their friends use the network under an assumed name.[2] Mark Zuckerberg has been consistent in his explanation of the plan to shareholders, a plan to be the middle-man in all personal communication.[14]

Documents leaked in 2019 suggested that "Facebook planned to spy on Android phone users, internal emails reveal".[15] Edin Jusupovic revealed in July 2019 that he had detected "hidden codes" in photos downloaded from from the site, leading him to conclude that "Facebook is embedding tracking data inside photos you download".[16]

Tracking of Non-users

In April 2015, after research bu Belgian privacy regulators, Facebook admitted that it was placing a cookie on "some" people's browsers, even if they were not Facebook users and had never visited the site. It claimed that this was due to a "bug".[17]

Advertising

Since 2012, Facebook has been buying sensitive data about users’ offline lives from data brokers and combining this information with the online data it collects in order to sell this information to advertisers.[18]

Research on users

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Facebook is used as a research tool by ordinary users, but the company itself also carries out undisclosed research on users. An internal document leaked in 2017 showed how by monitoring posts, comments and interactions on the site, Facebook can figure out when people as young as 14 feel “defeated”, “overwhelmed”, “stressed”, “anxious”, “nervous”, “stupid”, “silly”, “useless”, and a “failure”.[19]

Facebook CEO Sheryl Sandberg reportedly ordered employees to conduct "research"[20] on Soros following his remarks on the company at the World Economic Forum in 2018 . [21]

Emotional Contagion

Multiple experimenters have used data from Facebook to study 'emotional contagion', how mood is transferred between friends. It was announced in 2014 that some research was not merely observational, but involved investigations in manipulating users' moods through the skewing of data presented through Facebook. For 7 days, 689,003 users were presented with modified newsfeeds which included more or less "happy" or "sad" phrases from friends. The study concluded "that emotional states can be transferred to others via emotional contagion, leading people to experience the same emotions without their awareness."[22]

Face recognition

Facebook announced in 2014 that it has developed a program called "DeepFace," which can determine whether two photographed faces are of the same person with 97.25% accuracy - compared with a human ability of discriminating faces at about 97.5%.[23]

Research by users

In 2014, Matt Honan, a journalist for Wired magazine notes the effects of an experiment he tried out - "liking" everything which Facebook served up to him for 48 hours.[24]

Lawsuits

Since 2011, Max Schrems, an Austrian lawyer has repeatedly requested all information Facebook hold on him[25] arguing that under European law he was entitled to this. Multiple legal resubmissions later, on 2 December 2015, Schrems resubmitted his original complaint against Facebook with the Irish Data Protection Commissioner. He has set up a website at http://europe-v-facebook.org to promote his viewpoint.[26]

Funding the Integrity Initiative

The Integrity Initiative received £100,000 for research and education activities in 2018-2019. However, an essay from August 2018 on "Discernment" stated that “it seems every day we uncover information about how platforms like Facebook have used our personal data to target us with highly-tailored messaging that merges advertising for goods and services with political messages that reflect our interests and values through our online viewing reinforced by viewpoints we like and follow. This is exacerbated by a financial model that gives financial reward to content that is clicked and shared most widely.” [27]

Facebook on Wikispooks

 Has facebookDescription
"Independent Police Complaints Commission"https://www.facebook.com/IPCC-Independent-Police-Complaints-Commission-105248346269780/A group interested in complaints about the UK police
'Destiny'https://www.facebook.com/OmniDestiny/Started as video streamer, now is known for debating people.
'Lionel'https://www.facebook.com/people/Michael-Lebron/100009028605927
'reallygraceful'https://www.facebook.com/reallygracefulytAmerican Youtuber with an interest in secret societies and mystery religions.
21st Century Wirehttps://www.facebook.com/21st-Century-Wire-182032255155419/A sound alternative news site.
911 Bloggerhttps://www.facebook.com/911bloggerA solid 9/11 truth website, running since 2005
AE911 Truthhttps://www.facebook.com/ae911truth/A high profile 9/11 truth group, including over 2300 qualified architects and engineers
AIPAChttps://www.facebook.com/AIPAC/A lobby which has somewhere between a lot of influence and "total control" over the US Government.
ASEANhttps://www.facebook.com/aseansecretariatEconomic union in Southeast Asia.
Abertay Universityhttps://www.facebook.com/AbertayUni/Abertay was the first to offer a degree in Ethical Hacking, starting in 2006.
Active Change Foundationhttps://www.facebook.com/activechangefoundation1Spooky charity that worked closely with the Institute for Statecraft on "de-radicalisation"
Activist Posthttps://www.facebook.com/activistpostDissident website started in 2010. "We encourage people to share our articles. You may repost our content"
Adam Smith Internationalhttps://www.facebook.com/adamsmithinternational.ltd/London-based consultancy charged with overseeing the overseas work of the Adam Smith Institute. Used by British intelligence services to train puppet police forces in the Middle East.
Gerry Adamshttps://www.facebook.com/gerryadams.sf/Former IRA leader who is also president of the Sinn Féin
Hannes Adomeithttps://web.facebook.com/hannes.adomeitSpooky German academic who headed up the German cluster of the Integrity Initiative.
Dirk Adriaensenshttps://www.facebook.com/pages/Dirk-Adriaensens/281276211898227
Agence France-Pressehttps://www.facebook.com/AFPnewsenglish/The French-News-Agency is the world's oldest news organisation.
Tariq Ahmadhttps://www.facebook.com/LordAhmadofWimbledon
Saleyha Ahsanhttps://www.facebook.com/saleyha.ahsanA freelance reporter, film maker and A&E doctor with a Sandhurst background. She has traveled to conflict zones in North Africa and Asia and made films and news reports including Libya, Syria, Bosnia, Palestine, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. She appeared with "Dr Rola" in the controversial 2013 video shown on the BBC's Panorama news programme calling for humanitarian bombings of Syria.
Air Force Office of Scientific Researchhttps://www.facebook.com/afosrInvests in basic research efforts for the Air Force, in cooperation with private industry, academia, and other organizations.
Luke Akehursthttps://www.facebook.com/luke.akehurst.35Anti-semite, self-proclaimed “Zionist Shitlord”
Alba Partyhttps://facebook.com/AlbaPartyScottish independence party, trying to take over from the Scottish National Party, which has moved closer to the British establishment.
Anthony Albanesehttps://www.facebook.com/AlboMPAustralian prime minister
Alchetronhttps://www.facebook.com/alchetronA machine generated encyclopedia
All-Party Parliamentary Group against Antisemitismhttps://www.facebook.com/APPGAgainstAntisemitism/
Alliance for Securing Democracyhttps://www.facebook.com/securedemocracy/"A well-funded national security advocacy group"
Milton Allimadihttps://www.facebook.com/milton.allimadiFounder/editor of Black Star News, which broke the news of Sunny Sheu's murder.
Rosena Allin-Khanhttps://www.facebook.com/DrRosenaBritish Member of Parliament from the Labour Party.
Anne Alyhttps://www.facebook.com/anneazzaalyAustralian MP and terror expert
Amazonhttps://www.facebook.com/AmazonA monopoly/cartel online retailer with deep state connections.
American Economic Associationhttps://www.facebook.com/AEAjournals/
American Free Presshttps://www.facebook.com/americanfreepressUS weekly newspaper founded in 2001 which helped expose the Bilderberg.
American Freedom Alliancehttps://www.facebook.com/AmericanFreedomAlliance
American Historical Associationhttps://www.facebook.com/AHAhistorians
American University of Beiruthttps://www.facebook.com/aub.edu.lb/Prestigious US-run university in Lebanon
American-Turkish Councilhttps://www.facebook.com/American-Turkish-Council-331857977024030/timeline/Sibel Edmonds has presented evidence implicating this group in espionage
Hooshang Amirahmadihttps://www.facebook.com/hooshangamirahmadiofficialpageIranian American spook who attended Le Cercle.
Huda Ammorihttps://www.facebook.com/huda.ammori/
Nikolina Angelkovahttps://facebook.com/nikolinaangelkovaofficialWEF YGL Bulgarian Minister of Tourism
Richard Angellhttps://www.facebook.com/richardwangellRight wing activist in the UK Labour Party
Dominique Angladehttps://www.facebook.com/Dominique-Anglade-1893697624238721/Canadian politician, former Deputy Premier of Quebec, as Opposition Leader promoted the COVID-19 official narrative
Anglo Americanhttps://www.facebook.com/AngloAmericanuk/
Frank Anthonyhttps://www.facebook.com/Dr.FrankkAnthony/Guyanese Minister of Health from August 2020
Anti-Mediahttps://www.facebook.com/TheAntiMedia/
Anti-Slavery Internationalhttps://www.facebook.com/Anti-Slavery-International-46852258376/
Antioch Universityhttps://www.facebook.com/AntiochMidwest/A US private university with multiple campuses
Aamer Anwarhttps://www.facebook.com/mohammed.anwar.7330
Safia Aoudehttps://www.facebook.com/aoude
Apoluthttps://www.facebook.com/apolut/German-language independent media
Arab Human Rights Centre in Golan Heightshttps://www.facebook.com/pages/Al-Marsad-Arab-Human-Rights-Centre-in-Golan-Heights/1430895697124379Human rights organisation that operates in the occupied Golan Heights.
... further results

References

  1. https://medium.com/@tristanharris/how-technology-hijacks-peoples-minds-from-a-magician-and-google-s-design-ethicist-56d62ef5edf3#.b4f6nhqo2
  2. a b http://www.digitaltrends.com/social-media/facebook-snitch-on-friends-that-arent-using-real-names/
  3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtyLvr0UH_M
  4. https://www.georgesoros.com/2018/01/25/remarks-delivered-at-the-world-economic-forum/
  5. http://whowhatwhy.org/2016/05/10/internet-gatekeeper-evidence/
  6. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/12/19/facebook_who_needs_millennials_the_cops_love_us_more_than_ever/
  7. https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/02/17/zuckerberg_publishes_worldsaving_manifesto/?page=2
  8. "Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and Microsoft sign EU hate speech code". The Guardian. Retrieved 7 June 2016.Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css must have content model "Sanitized CSS" for TemplateStyles (current model is "Scribunto").
  9. http://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/05/12/british-police-threaten-to-prosecute-facebook-users-ridiculing-them/
  10. http://www.theverge.com/2016/4/13/11387934/internet-moderator-history-youtube-facebook-reddit-censorship-free-speech
  11. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/04/17/former_cambridge_analytica_staffer_brittany_kaiser_dcms_committee_evidence/
  12. http://www.theverge.com/2016/4/13/11387934/internet-moderator-history-youtube-facebook-reddit-censorship-free-speech
  13. http://www.aftenposten.no/meninger/kommentar/Dear-Mark-I-am-writing-this-to-inform-you-that-I-shall-not-comply-with-your-requirement-to-remove-this-picture-604156b.html
  14. http://saintsal.com/facebook/
  15. https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252458208/Facebook-planned-to-spy-on-Android-phone-users-internal-emails-reveal
  16. https://www.forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman/2019/07/14/facebook-is-embedding-hidden-codes-to-track-all-your-uploaded-photos-report
  17. http://thehill.com/policy/technology/238399-facebook-claims-a-bug-made-it-track-people-not-on-facebook
  18. http://projectcensored.org/23-facebook-buys-sensitive-user-data-offer-marketers-targeted-advertising/
  19. http://www.news.com.au/technology/online/social/leaked-document-reveals-facebook-conducted-research-to-target-emotionally-vulnerable-and-insecure-youth/news-story/d256f850be6b1c8a21aec6e32dae16fd
  20. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/nov/14/facebook-george-soros-pr-firm-discredit-critics-crisis
  21. https://www.straitstimes.com/world/united-states/facebook-coo-sheryl-sandberg-asked-for-info-on-billionaire-critic-george-soros
  22. http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2014/06/everything-we-know-about-facebooks-secret-mood-manipulation-experiment/373648/
  23. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/03/18/facebook-deepface-facial-recognition_n_4985925.html
  24. http://www.wired.com/2014/08/i-liked-everything-i-saw-on-facebook-for-two-days-heres-what-it-did-to-me/
  25. https://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2012/02/07/the-austrian-thorn-in-facebooks-side/
  26. http://europe-v-facebook.org
  27. Integrity Initiative/Leak/4 Discernment paper_BR2018_08.06_proposal2.pdf, 6 August 2018