Eric Holder's Law Firm Launches Investigation into Facebook's Anti-Conservative Bias. What could possibly go wrong?

"If you decide to stick with Mark Zuckerberg, bias is the price you'll have to pay for using his free service."#TuesdayThoughts from @pbolyard on being a conservative @facebook user. https://t.co/qtP0W6mXTk

— PJ Media (@PJMedia_com) June 26, 2018

What’s striking about these revelations is they want to weaponize our phones to spy on us through the cameras and microphone.

Sahil Chinoy of the New York Times looked at some of the patents Facebook has applied for and the results he discovered are very creepy.

FACEBOOK's Relentless Drive to Track Every Detail of Users' Lives... https://t.co/htcjhnmIVw

— DRUDGE REPORT (@DRUDGE_REPORT) June 23, 2018

Here are some of the specific patents discussed in the New York Times article:

• Predicting whether you’re in a romantic relationship by monitoring how often you visit another user’s page and the number of friends you have of the opposite gender
• Using your posts to determine your personality traits, including emotional stability
• Detecting defective pixels or lens scratches on your camera to find a connection with someone else who might be using the same camera
• Detecting interference in the electrical power cable running to your TV to figure out what program is playing
• Detecting your phone’s location in the middle of the night to capture your home address

Considering that Facebook has two billion active users, imagine the data they are amassing. If just a couple of these patents are put to practice, it dramatically increases the personal knowledge they will have about their subscribers. And from previous revelations, they are just as interested in learning personal details about those of us who don't use Facebook by gaining that information from our friends that are on Facebook.

"This could be a very big problem. If @Facebook granted Huawei special access to social data of Americans this might as well have given it directly to the government of #China"

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— Patrick Stanley (@PatrickWStanley) June 5, 2018

This could be a very big problem. If @Facebook granted Huawei special access to social data of Americans this might as well have given it directly to the government of #China https://t.co/5K86CDpjVE

— Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) June 6, 2018

Rep. David Cicilline, the ranking member of the House Judiciary antitrust subcommittee, "Sure looks like Zuckerberg lied to Congress about whether users have 'complete control' over who sees our data on Facebook."

Well, well, well...NOW a Democrat leftist politician knows what it's like when a "progressive" leftist lies through their teeth to you...
Dem lawmaker: ‘Looks like Zuckerberg lied to Congress’ https://t.co/rqDCA6OEdE

— Michael J. Fell (@MichaelJFell) June 5, 2018

Facebook's privacy woes grow in Washington https://t.co/iNEJeVIHVL

— POLITICO (@politico) June 5, 2018

The New York Times reported late Sunday that Facebook may have shared user data with hardware companies as well. The social network "reached data-sharing partnerships with at least 60 device makers — including Apple, Amazon, BlackBerry, Microsoft and Samsung — over the last decade," according to the report.

The story says Facebook began winding down the partnerships in April, but raises questions about whether they violated a 2011 consent decree with the Federal Trade Commission. Under that agreement, the company committed to get users' express affirmative consent before doing anything running counter to their privacy preferences.

Lawmakers of both parties joined Cicilline in registering their displeasure....

Facebook will decide what fake news is and then makes sure it's lower on your timeline

#Facebook’s New #Censorship Scheme https://t.co/Yh6B5s4bzU pic.twitter.com/IxiKJUhTSc

— David Icke (@davidicke) May 4, 2018

Facebook will decide what fake news is and then makes sure it's lower on your timeline.https://t.co/J6DWHC7CYJ

— WeAreChange NYC (@WeAreChangeNYC) April 24, 2018

You Won't Believe How #YouTube Is Screwing Its Creators NOW#WRC #WeAreChange #censorship https://t.co/qZlUAMgKAc

— WeAreChange NYC (@WeAreChangeNYC) April 25, 2018

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— Marcel J. van Rossum (@CarrollStandard) April 9, 2018

Zuckerberg to the American people: Says Obama Staffer Lied About Alliance With Facebook

LIVE COVERAGE: Zuckerberg spars with Congress during second day of testimony https://t.co/BM5PWU5MLf pic.twitter.com/KwRlalegr3

— The Hill (@thehill) April 11, 2018

Congressional Hearing Turns Up Heat... https://t.co/jZntihewop

— DRUDGE REPORT (@DRUDGE_REPORT) April 11, 2018

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— NewsBusters (@newsbusters) April 11, 2018

While testifying in front of the Energy and Commerce Committee, Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg said the former Obama campaign staffer who claimed the company allowed the Obama campaign to do things “they wouldn’t have allowed someone else to do because they were on our side” was lying....

Scalise asked:

… One of the lead digital heads of the Obama campaign said recently: “Facebook was surprised we were able to suck out the whole social graph, but they didn't stop us once they realized that was what we were doing. They came to office in the days following election recruiting and were very candid that they allowed us to do things they wouldn't have allowed someone else to do because they were on our side.” Now, that's a direct quote from one of the heads of the Obama digital team. What would she mean by they, Facebook, were on our side?

Zuckerberg responded that Facebook “didn't allow the Obama campaign to do anything that any developer on the platform wouldn't have otherwise been able to do.”

$FB CEO Mark Zuckerberg says that the site "collects data from people who have not signed up for Facebook for security purposes." pic.twitter.com/ym4STsaoif

— Neil Cavuto (@TeamCavuto) April 11, 2018

Zuckerberg to the American people pic.twitter.com/7p3FFoD0B1

— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) April 11, 2018

"Historical facts should never be censored, and Facebook should be ashamed of this behavior."

Members of Congress won't discuss this story today, but @Tyler2ONeil will. #Zuckerberg https://t.co/iiPR5tvy3g

— PJ Media (@PJMedia_com) April 10, 2018

Check your settings… pic.twitter.com/xTKxaOFICG

— MATT DRUDGE (@DRUDGE) April 11, 2018

Zuckerberg Acknowledges 'Error' in Targeting Diamond and Silk https://t.co/cSlqONMCTN

— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) April 11, 2018

Mark Zuckerberg openly admitted that Silicon Valley is “extremely left leaning” and that political bias is a problem he is concerned about. pic.twitter.com/wdOpcIbYqy

— Gab: Free Speech Social Network (@getongab) April 11, 2018

Tony Cardenas just asked Mark Zuckerberg to be a "leader" and help create more regulations for social media users. If the regulations in question are ones that Facebook approves and advises on, it is bad news for all future tech companies.

— Pardes Seleh (@PardesSeleh) April 11, 2018

.@senatorleahy grilled #Zuckerberg on privacy and while gathering his own Facebook data on his campaign website https://t.co/LofwcCOrzT

— Competitive Enterprise Institute (@ceidotorg) April 11, 2018

“...We Vermonters believe in privacy,” Sen. Leahy proudly proclaimed.

Yet, a quick visit to his website, https://www.leahyforvermont.com/​, with the Chrome extension “Facebook Pixel Helper” reveals that Sen. Leahy has a Facebook pixel, invisible to users, that gathers user data of Facebook users who visit the site. (For a quick primer on what “pixels” do, visit Facebook’s resource guide on the data-gathering tool.)

That’s right, if you visit Senator Leahy’s campaign website, it’s likely your data, including your demographics and what pages you looked at on the site, have been placed into a custom data targeting audience by Leahy’s team....

GOP lawmaker shreds Zuckerberg for labeling conservative content: "Diamond and Silk is not terrorism" https://t.co/TklPrZgSWS pic.twitter.com/eWRqsY1O9H

— The Hill (@thehill) April 11, 2018

Here's how to watch Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg's Senate testimony today

In about 2 hours...

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies before @senatecommerce & @senjudiciary – LIVE at 2:15pm ET on C-SPAN3, @cspanRadio & online here: https://t.co/mKRk6i9Bj8 pic.twitter.com/NhFn1Y6yQi

— CSPAN (@cspan) April 10, 2018

Here's how to watch Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg's Senate testimony today:https://t.co/DGZD2C2WVg

— IJR (@TheIJR) April 10, 2018

More pre-Zuckerberg hearing reading:
- The Cambridge Analytica-Facebook Debacle: A Legal Primer, by @andrewkwoods: https://t.co/ex2RtdMjrB
- How Cambridge Analytica, Facebook and Other Privacy Abuses Could Have Been Prevented, by @djweitzner: https://t.co/bj6gcWLrWM

— Lawfare (@lawfareblog) April 10, 2018

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse and Reps. Kurt Schrader and Joe Kennedy III are members of the House and Senate committees that will question Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. The three of them hold shares in the social media platform. https://t.co/CMzpm7XLn1

— Roll Call (@rollcall) April 10, 2018

As Zuckerberg faces Congress, Claire McCaskill is "besties" with Facebook execs and beneficiary of their cash https://t.co/C81p2w6ZNo by @emilyjashinsky pic.twitter.com/EjqlXIpE6w

— Washington Examiner (@dcexaminer) April 10, 2018

‘Unsafe to the community’: Facebook censors pro-Trump Diamond and Silk

.@DiamondandSilk have been corresponding since September 7, 2017, with @facebook (owned by Mark Zuckerberg), about their bias censorship and discrimination against D&S brand page. Finally after several emails, chats, phone calls, appeals, beating around the bush, lies, and......

— Diamond and Silk® (@DiamondandSilk) April 7, 2018

....... giving us the run around, Facebook gave us another bogus reason why Millions of people who have liked and/or followed our page no longer receives notification and why our page, post and video reach was reduced by a very large percentage. Here is the reply from..........

— Diamond and Silk® (@DiamondandSilk) April 7, 2018

...Facebook said: "This decision is final and it is not appeal-able in any way." (Note: This is the exact wording that FB emailed to us.)

So our questions to Facebook (Mark Zuckerberg) are:
1. What is unsafe about two Blk-women supporting the @POTUS @realDonaldTrump?
2.....

— Diamond and Silk® (@DiamondandSilk) April 7, 2018

.....Our FB page has been created since December 2014, when exactly did the content and the brand become unsafe to the community?
3. When you say "community" are you referring to the Millions who liked and followed our page?
4. What content on our page was in violation?
5....

— Diamond and Silk® (@DiamondandSilk) April 7, 2018

.....If our content and brand was so unsafe to the community, why is the option for us to boost our content and spend money with FB to enhance our brand page still available? Maybe FB should give us a refund since FB censored our reach.
6.....

— Diamond and Silk® (@DiamondandSilk) April 7, 2018

.....Lastly, didn't FB violate their own policy when FB stopped sending notifications to the Millions of people who liked and followed our brand page?

This is deliberate bias censorship and discrimination. These tactics are unacceptable and we want answers!

~Diamond and Silk pic.twitter.com/wQqtub8Ges

— Diamond and Silk® (@DiamondandSilk) April 7, 2018

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‘Unsafe to the community’: Facebook takes on pro-Trump Diamond and Silk https://t.co/703MoeSTV6 via @american_mirror

— Joel B. Pollak (@joelpollak) April 8, 2018

.@DiamondandSilk FURIOUS After Facebook Reveals Why Their Content Has Been Censored https://t.co/DtwJ6a0bB9

— Jim Hoft (@gatewaypundit) April 8, 2018

....... giving us the run around, Facebook gave us another bogus reason why Millions of people who have liked and/or followed our page no longer receives notification and why our page, post and video reach was reduced by a very large percentage. Here is the reply from..........

— Diamond and Silk® (@DiamondandSilk) April 7, 2018

...Facebook said: "This decision is final and it is not appeal-able in any way." (Note: This is the exact wording that FB emailed to us.)

So our questions to Facebook (Mark Zuckerberg) are:
1. What is unsafe about two Blk-women supporting the @POTUS @realDonaldTrump?
2.....

— Diamond and Silk® (@DiamondandSilk) April 7, 2018

.....Our FB page has been created since December 2014, when exactly did the content and the brand become unsafe to the community?
3. When you say "community" are you referring to the Millions who liked and followed our page?
4. What content on our page was in violation?
5....

— Diamond and Silk® (@DiamondandSilk) April 7, 2018

.....If our content and brand was so unsafe to the community, why is the option for us to boost our content and spend money with FB to enhance our brand page still available? Maybe FB should give us a refund since FB censored our reach.
6.....

— Diamond and Silk® (@DiamondandSilk) April 7, 2018

.....Lastly, didn't FB violate their own policy when FB stopped sending notifications to the Millions of people who liked and followed our brand page?

This is deliberate bias censorship and discrimination. These tactics are unacceptable and we want answers!

~Diamond and Silk pic.twitter.com/wQqtub8Ges

— Diamond and Silk® (@DiamondandSilk) April 7, 2018

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