{"id":1484335,"date":"2022-05-19T13:00:10","date_gmt":"2022-05-19T17:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1484335"},"modified":"2022-05-19T13:00:21","modified_gmt":"2022-05-19T17:00:21","slug":"facebook-caught-manipulating-news-to-fight-big-tech-regulation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/facebook-caught-manipulating-news-to-fight-big-tech-regulation\/","title":{"rendered":"Facebook Caught Manipulating News to Fight Big Tech Regulation"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" 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buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><\/p>\n<h2>Social media giant paid off news outlets to change narrative<\/h2>\n<div id=\"authorDate\">\n<p>\u00a0on&#038;nbsp19th May 2022 @ 3.00pm <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<figure title=\"Facebook paid off media outlets to manipulate the news\">\n<div class=\"articleImage\">\n<p><span class=\"creditNew\">\u00a9\u00a0press<\/span>\n<\/div><figcaption>Facebook paid off media outlets to manipulate the news<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Facebook has been caught paying off media outlets to manipulate the news in order to gain support in fighting\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/neonnettle.com\/tags\/big-tech\">Big Tech<\/a>\u00a0regulations, according to a new report.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A\u00a0<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/technology\/2022\/05\/17\/american-edge-facebook-regulation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">report<\/a>\u00a0from the\u00a0<em>Washington Post<\/em>\u00a0reveals\u00a0that a lobbying group funded by Facebook has been planting stories in newspapers across the United States.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Post, a political advocacy group called American Edge was secretly funded by Facebook (now known as Meta).<\/p>\n<p>The organization has been manipulating news narratives by placing pro-Facebook stories in newspapers.<\/p>\n<p>American Edge aimed to oppose Senate-backed antitrust legislation.<\/p>\n<p>The legislation sought to reign in the Big Tech companies and their unyielding power.<\/p>\n<figure title=\"The legislation sought to reign in the power of Big Tech&#039;s oligarchs\">\n<div class=\"articleImage\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/facebook-zuckerberg-section-230-reform-big-tech-censorship-225321.jpg\" alt=\"the legislation sought to reign in the power of big tech s oligarchs\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"creditNew\">\u00a9\u00a0press<\/span>\n<\/div><figcaption>The legislation sought to reign in the power of Big Tech&#8217;s oligarchs<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>American Edge commissioned studies, placed op-eds in newspapers, and worked with minority business associations, former national security officials, and conservative groups to push back against the bill.<\/p>\n<p>In sponsored ads, American Edge focused on people\u2019s fear of cybersecurity attacks from Russia and China.<\/p>\n<p>The ads were echoing arguments made by Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg.<\/p>\n<p>American Edge accused lawmakers of having a <em>\u201cmisguided agenda,\u201d<\/em> and wanting to <em>\u201ctake away the technology we use every day,\u201d<\/em> while alleging that the antitrust bill would negatively affect small business owners.<\/p>\n<p>The group reportedly specifically kept mention of Facebook away from its argument in an effort to hide the company\u2019s involvement with the lobbying group.<\/p>\n<p>A source who spoke to\u00a0the\u00a0<em>Washington Post<\/em>\u00a0stated: <em>\u201cFacebook can\u2019t be the messenger. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;If we are out there saying it, people won\u2019t believe it as much, so the conversation is how can you set up a proxy.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<figure title=\"Facebook manipulated the news to gain support in opposing Big Tech regulations\">\n<div class=\"articleImage\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/facebook-whistleblower-tearing-our-societies-apart-profit-141021.jpg\" alt=\"facebook manipulated the news to gain support in opposing big tech regulations\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"creditNew\">\u00a9\u00a0press<\/span>\n<\/div><figcaption>Facebook manipulated the news to gain support in opposing Big Tech regulations<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In the weeks following the Senate\u2019s passing of the\u00a0American Innovation and Choice Online Act in January, American Edge launched a campaign against the legislation.<\/p>\n<p>The lobbying group released an ad featuring\u00a0Clayton Stanley, President and CEO of Mississippi-based economic development organization The Alliance, in which he accused lawmakers of <em>\u201cweakening American technology, threatening jobs and making the U.S. economy more dependent on China.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Another ad focused on the war in Ukraine and included a warning from national security officials that both Russia and China could gain a <em>\u201ctechnological edge\u201d<\/em> on the West as an <em>\u201cunintended consequence\u201d<\/em> of antitrust regulation.<\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/neonnettle.com\/news\/13405-candace-owens-challenges-facebook-fact-checker-and-wins-they-lied-for-democrats-\">[RELATED] Candace Owens Challenges Facebook &#8216;Fact-Checker&#8217; and Wins: &#8216;They Lied for Democrats&#8217;<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Social media giant paid off news outlets to change narrative \u00a0on&#038;nbsp19th May 2022 @ 3.00pm 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