The company has a bad track record of being used as a tool of misinformation and manipulation when it comes to elections.
Facebook’s plan to prevent election misinformation: Allowing it, mostly|Kate Cox|September 3, 2020|Ars Technica
Misinformation and manipulation get confused with official campaign messaging, while campaigns can skirt accountability by distancing themselves from more controversial groups with parallel messages.
Explainer: What do political databases know about you?|Tate Ryan-Mosley|August 31, 2020|MIT Technology Review
Loretta Lynch, a former president of the commission, raised the possibility that electricity sellers are engaging in the sort of market manipulation that led to the California electricity crisis in the early 2000s.
Here’s how to keep California’s grid from buckling under the heat|James Temple|August 18, 2020|MIT Technology Review
At a recent congressional antitrust hearing in the United States, four major platform companies publicly recognized the use of surveillance technologies, market manipulation, and forceful acquisitions to dominate the data economy.
The EU is launching a market for personal data. Here’s what that means for privacy.|Amy Nordrum|August 11, 2020|MIT Technology Review
This subprime manipulation contributed mightily to what became the global financial crisis.
Should America (and FIFA) Pay Reparations? (Ep. 426)|Stephen J. Dubner|July 16, 2020|Freakonomics
I asked Christian publisher Crossway Books for their assessment of the manipulation of the best-seller lists.
How the Religious Right Scams Its Way Onto the New York Times Bestseller List|Warren Throckmorton|November 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The manipulation of fear about things that won't kill us, is killing us.
The Fear About Things That Won't Kill Us Is Killing Us|Cliff Schecter|October 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
At the same time, Private Violence shows how much of domestic abuse is about control and manipulation rather than sheer brutality.
The Worst Question for Abuse Victims|Emily Shire|October 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But viewers know the rules of these shows, how they are crafted and stories manipulated, and are complicit with the manipulation.
‘The Real Housewives of New York City’ Loses a Leg in Sixth-Season Finale|Tim Teeman|July 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“There was a kind of manipulation, which was hard to handle,” agreed Exarchopoulos.
The ‘Blue Is the Warmest Color’ Feud and More Actresses Who Were Terrorized By Directors|Kevin Fallon|October 25, 2013|DAILY BEAST
In card games especially there is always a risk in resorting to manipulation nowadays.
Sharps and Flats|John Nevil Maskelyne
Let the main proof of the trustworthiness of the manipulation be by measurement and by addition.
The Psychology of Arithmetic|Edward L. Thorndike
The latter is from its ease of manipulation the best for paint making.
Writing & Illuminating, & Lettering|Edward Johnston
The method requires careful attention to details of manipulation, which are more fully discussed in the article on Calorimetry.