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by wintom 3201 days ago
>Also, it's pretty personal info: in the event that one or more of the ad buyers grouped into the list really was a private citizen with no affiliation to any government, is Facebook in the right to publicize who they are and which ads they purchased?

Shouldn't Facebook be verifying who is real and who isn't? For tax + many and I mean many other reasons... shouldn't they verify exactly who is giving them money?

Secondly for all of the fakes, there is absolutely zero privacy concerns. No fucks given for those that meddled in our election process. They should all be extradited and thrown in our jails.
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nikanj 3201 days ago
When you buy something, do you expect to show ID? Every merchant I've ever done business with, has accepted cash without questioning if the name I'm giving is actually mine.

For their tax reasons, I really don't see how it matters. "Got cash payment of $$$ for ads" gets the same treatment regardless of the buyer's name.

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meowface 3201 days ago
>Secondly for all of the fakes, there is absolutely zero privacy concerns. No fucks given for those that meddled in our election process. They should all be extradited and thrown in our jails.

And how can we know who these people or organizations are if law enforcement can't properly investigate them?

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