"Facebook and Google helped an anti-refugee campaign push ads in swing states" bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via @technology

2"Facebook advertising salespeople,creative advisers & technical experts competed with sales staff from Alphabet Inc.’s Google for millions

3: in ad dollars from Secure America Now,the conservative, nonprofit advocacy group whose campaign included a mix of anti-Hillary Clinton &

4: anti-Islam messages, the people said.The content of some ads left some employees of Harris Media—the Austin-based digital advertising

5 firm that runs campaigns for Secure America Now—feeling uneasy“It was designed to strike fear in people’s hearts”said one former Harris

6 employee who requested anonymityThe extent to which Facebook & Google work with political campaigns&groups hasn’t been widely understood

7: On Oct. 8, 60 Minutes aired an interview with the Trump campaign’s digital director saying he had Facebook employees work as “embeds” in

8: the campaign who were selected for being Republicans. Facebook said its services for Trump were standard for any advertiser during an

9 important event." This is a #Thread to unroll @tttthreads More items can be added in #socialmedia #Tools #Data #dataprotection #Elections