Facebook is a cancer.
A Toronto company is deliberately spreading hyperpartisan lies on Facebook. It owns a page called "Canada Proud" and has bought more than $250,000 in ads targeting voters
Submitted 1 month ago by dwazou@lemm.ee to technology@lemmy.world
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/technology/canada-election-facebook-instagram-meta.html
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JoMiran@lemmy.ml 1 month ago
zqwzzle@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
I will allow deadnaming in this case.
thatKamGuy@sh.itjust.works 5 weeks ago
It has _Meta_stacised.
db2@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I hope Canada does better dealing with their fascist stupid people problem than the US did.
tal@lemmy.today 1 month ago
At one point in time, when I went searching for “Canada patriotic image”, this is what I got:
db2@lemmy.world 1 month ago
And yet somehow they’ve got American flag hung pickup truck douchebag Trumpies. It’s baffling.
phoenixz@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
Jail them. You spread lies to influence elections? Jail. Bye bye.
masterspace@lemmy.ca 5 weeks ago
Their office is downtown, go down and ask to talk to someone. Don’t leave until they make you.
considerealization@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
How legal is this kind of activity? Do we not have regulations against CPAC-like activity?
crimsonpoodle@pawb.social 5 weeks ago
A little background on the guy running it: www.desmog.com/canada-proud/
Punchshark@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
CANADA DOESNT NEED A SMALL ~pp~
gargolito@lemm.ee 5 weeks ago
Another conservative voice being single out! /s
orclev@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Going to be real interesting to see where that money is coming from. My bet is some combination of the worst of the US political “thinktanks” like the federalist society, Russian assets, and mega corporations like Amazon.
droopy4096@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
from recent reports there’s a bunch of Canadian billionaires backing the effort, hoping for DOGE style purge of governmenr
orclev@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Ah, so homegrown scum. I kind of lump them under the mega corporation header though as the goal for them is to eliminate regulations and oversight so they can pillage to their hearts content. Really trying to speed run that late stage capitalism dystopia.