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LiberalArkie

(15,719 posts)
Tue Apr 26, 2016, 06:41 PM Apr 2016

Clinton's Internet Supporters, Allegedly Using Pornography, Shut Down Bernie Sanders' Largest Facebo

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A Facebook post by “Casey Champagne”, whose secondary name on his profile was listed as “Casey Max Charbonneau” (pictured below with Hillary Clinton) and whose Facebook likes included Correct The Record and Barrier Breakers 2016 (Brock’s recently launched online operation), confirmed that Clinton trolls were behind the attack when he bragged in the Facebook group “Bros 4 Hillary” that he managed to get one of the groups banned for “containing credible threat of violence”:



It should be noted that there is nothing officially linking Brock’s Barrier Breakers to the Facebook attacks, and beyond the post on Bros4Hillary (which has itself been shut down in response), there’s no clear evidence who was behind the coordinated attacks.

But let’s say, for argument’s sake, that this purge was a move by David Brock to silence Hillary Clinton’s online opposition during the crucial evening hours before five primary contests, and prevent a contested convention. Let’s also say it was calculated to generate disproportionate backlash to feed the narrative that Bernie’s online supporters are bullies and aggressive. Does this really make sense?

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http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2016/04/clintons-internet-supporters-allegedly-using-porno.html

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Clinton's Internet Supporters, Allegedly Using Pornography, Shut Down Bernie Sanders' Largest Facebo (Original Post) LiberalArkie Apr 2016 OP
Most of Bernie's fan base on Facebook are sex addicts... Buzz Clik Apr 2016 #1
Sorry this has been debunked: emulatorloo Apr 2016 #2
Don't interrupt a good outrage. NuclearDem Apr 2016 #6
Lots of brand new threads in the last couple mins emulatorloo Apr 2016 #8
Chelsea on Board of Daily Beast. Weak spin. HooptieWagon Apr 2016 #7
Keep it up. This is only getting funnier as it goes on. NuclearDem Apr 2016 #9
I hear Hitler's on the board too emulatorloo Apr 2016 #10
So, Facebook has child porn in their database? Downwinder Apr 2016 #11
So, you just use a Bernie avatar and pretend? That debunk has been debunked. the Daily Beast, litlbilly Apr 2016 #12
Not every Bernie supporter is a fan of conspiracy theories. emulatorloo Apr 2016 #18
. Loudestlib Apr 2016 #20
LOL emulatorloo Apr 2016 #23
Sanders campaign actually also debunked it. Agschmid Apr 2016 #21
Also, I know youre a Hillary supporter, ive had you on ignore for quite some time. too funny. litlbilly Apr 2016 #13
I'm a Bernie supporter, but I hate right wing attacks on Democrats. emulatorloo Apr 2016 #19
Yup. Agschmid Apr 2016 #22
They did not debunk the Bros for Hillary TM99 Apr 2016 #15
Somebody should tell the Bros4Hillary enlightenment Apr 2016 #16
Not entirely. Lancero Apr 2016 #17
Didn't happen .... salinsky Apr 2016 #3
This is a good find. northernsouthern Apr 2016 #4
He was involved, by his own admission. HooptieWagon Apr 2016 #5
Sounds like the definition of political terrorism. Similar tactics are used against women silvershadow Apr 2016 #14
What a fucking pig. Milestone Apr 2016 #24

emulatorloo

(44,131 posts)
8. Lots of brand new threads in the last couple mins
Tue Apr 26, 2016, 06:47 PM
Apr 2016

You're right, facts seem to make people more outraged. Thanks for the reminder!

emulatorloo

(44,131 posts)
10. I hear Hitler's on the board too
Tue Apr 26, 2016, 06:49 PM
Apr 2016

Do you seriously believe Chelsea's sitting around the office all day obsessively checking copy?

have a great night!

 

litlbilly

(2,227 posts)
12. So, you just use a Bernie avatar and pretend? That debunk has been debunked. the Daily Beast,
Tue Apr 26, 2016, 06:52 PM
Apr 2016

Chelsea Clinton on the Board. try again.

emulatorloo

(44,131 posts)
18. Not every Bernie supporter is a fan of conspiracy theories.
Tue Apr 26, 2016, 09:38 PM
Apr 2016

Promoting stuff like this DOES NOTHING to help Bernie get the nomination.

emulatorloo

(44,131 posts)
23. LOL
Tue Apr 26, 2016, 09:52 PM
Apr 2016

So all Bernie supporters are required to be full on CP?

Bernie's not that way, why should I be?

Love the Foo Fighters, thanks for posting.

emulatorloo

(44,131 posts)
19. I'm a Bernie supporter, but I hate right wing attacks on Democrats.
Tue Apr 26, 2016, 09:45 PM
Apr 2016

So I do call out RW bullshit on Clinton or other Dems. Maybe that confused you.

I also really hate bullshit conspiracy theories, of which this is one.

Have a great night.

 

TM99

(8,352 posts)
15. They did not debunk the Bros for Hillary
Tue Apr 26, 2016, 07:16 PM
Apr 2016

incidence.

They merely discussed the database glitch.

enlightenment

(8,830 posts)
16. Somebody should tell the Bros4Hillary
Tue Apr 26, 2016, 08:23 PM
Apr 2016

leadership - because they seem to think it happened.

http://www.bros4hillary.com/statement-from-b4h-leadership/

Last night, a former member by the name of Casey Champagne decided to engage in harassing behavior toward Facebook groups of Bernie Sanders and posted about it in the B4H Facebook group. As stated above, this was not promoted or supported by the leadership of B4H, nor were we immediately aware of this conduct. We removed the offending posts and member as soon as possible. While our leadership team of administrators tries to catch every questionable post and comment, with over 7,000 members and on a 24-hour posting cycle, some fall through the cracks. We rely on members to “flag and report” harmful, offensive, or trolling behavior, and apologize to the groups that were affected. This member acted on his own authority, is not a part of our leadership team, and does not represent our ideals or our opinions.


A "glitch" usually doesn't involve someone deliberately engaging in "harassing behavior toward Facebook groups . . ." - but perhaps you have a different definition of the term?

Lancero

(3,003 posts)
17. Not entirely.
Tue Apr 26, 2016, 08:40 PM
Apr 2016

"automated processes being applied incorrectly"

FB has systems in place to automatically lock groups pending official review if it receives a certain number of reports in a timeframe. The groups shouldn't have been automatically locked true, but someone exploited that system to force the system to lock it with a bogus report swarm.

“We corrected the problem within hours and are working to improve our tools.”

The groups were reenabled after official review and they are taking steps to ensure that their system which is designed to automatically lock groups for official review can't be played over by report swarms.

Facebook hasn't outright confirmed that it was a report bombing that did it, and they haven't outright denied it.

If they outright deny that report swarms did it, then we can call it debunked. But until they outright deny it, then it's always a possibility.

At any rate, the actions of the B4H group - And the statement they put out in regards to one of their members - makes it really hard to blame the lockings on a benign 'just a minor glitch' issue.

 

HooptieWagon

(17,064 posts)
5. He was involved, by his own admission.
Tue Apr 26, 2016, 06:45 PM
Apr 2016

The only question is who else, and what umbrella group were they working under?

 

silvershadow

(10,336 posts)
14. Sounds like the definition of political terrorism. Similar tactics are used against women
Tue Apr 26, 2016, 07:01 PM
Apr 2016

all over the world as well as many other targeted groups. It was my understanding from listening to President Obama's press conference on this last year or so that this kind of stuff falls under the purview of the War on Terror (whatever that is)

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