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Facebook reportedly involved in smear campaign against social media critics

By Caoimhe Toman

Date: Thursday 15 Nov 2018

Facebook reportedly involved in smear campaign against social media critics

(Sharecast News) - Facebook stood accused of threatening democracy after a report from Open Society Foundations revealed it linked critics of the social media platform to non-profits' founder George Soros in a move to discredit them.
According to the study released late on Wednesday, Facebook used a political opposition-research group to tie a group of critics of the social network to the liberal billionaire George Soros last summer.

According to the report, in 2018 Facebook decided to hire a Republican-linked public relations company, Definers, known for political opposition research and attack ads, to fight back against criticism and discredit protesters, in part by linking them to George Soros.

One of the groups rising to prominence during that time was "Freedom From Facebook," a coalition of progressive groups including MoveOn and Demand Progress that pushes for the government to break up the social network.

This summer, Definers reportedly circulated a paper linking the group to George Soros to discredit the protesters.

Another tactic was to make Soros as the driving force behind groups critical of Facebook.

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