re: #10 Belafon

While the taking of money from Russian front groups is wrong, is there anything these companies actually did that was illegal in working with the Trump team? I’m not saying they shouldn’t be shamed, but I’m just not seeing anything illegal in taking money from the Trump campaign and doing the work.

I’m also of the opinion that the people who fell for this crap should be the ones feeling the brunt of it.

Maybe not directly illegal, but certainly sloppy and not really researched as to what they were allowing with these ads, bots, videos, whatever.

In old days magazines held advertisers responsible for content and many times checked to see the legitimacy of the ads and stories because that was the only way to hold the rates for the ads, by guaranteeing it was all legit and fair for everyone.

I’m just learning as I think we all are, but wouldn’t these big tech companies be able to flesh out fake news sites, funky bot activities and all of this kind of use of their services.

Very discouraging. The Russians manipulated us like we are a bunch of amateurs; beat us with our own tools and tech.

Oh well. Lots of stuff broke over the last few years.

Time to go play drums for a bit. Later.

Stay safe Florida and any other states that might be in the path of Angry Irma.