Welcome to DU!
The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards.
Join the community:
Create a free account
Support DU (and get rid of ads!):
Become a Star Member
Latest Breaking News
General Discussion
The DU Lounge
All Forums
Issue Forums
Culture Forums
Alliance Forums
Region Forums
Support Forums
Help & Search
General Discussion
Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRobert Mercer backed a secretive group that worked with Facebook, Google to target anti-Muslim ads
EXCLUSIVE: Robert Mercer backed a secretive group that worked with Facebook, Google to target anti-Muslim ads at swing votersby Robert Maguire on April 5, 2018
As the final weeks of the 2016 elections ticked down, voters in swing states like Nevada and North Carolina began seeing eerie promotional travel ads as they scrolled through their Facebook feeds or clicked through Google sites.
In one, a woman with a French accent cheerfully welcomes visitors to the Islamic State of France, where under Sharia law, you can enjoy everything the Islamic State of France has to offer, as long as you follow the rules.
The video has a Man in the High Tower feel. Iconic French tourist sites are both familiar and transformed the Eiffel Tower is capped with a star and crescent and the spires of the Notre Dame are replaced with the domed qubba of a mosque.
The Mona Lisa is shown looking, the ad says, as a woman should, covered in a burka.
If it wasnt already clear that the ad was meant to stoke viewers fears of imminent Muslim conquest, the video is interspersed with violent imagery. Three missiles are seen flying through the sky as the video opens. Blindfolded men are shown kneeling with guns pointed at their heads, and children are shown training with weapons to defend the caliphate.
https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2018/04/exclusive-robert-mercer-backed-a-secretive-group-that-worked-with-facebook-google-to-target-anti-muslim-ads-at-swing-voters/
InfoView thread info, including edit history
TrashPut this thread in your Trash Can (My DU » Trash Can)
BookmarkAdd this thread to your Bookmarks (My DU » Bookmarks)
7 replies, 769 views
ShareGet links to this post and/or share on social media
AlertAlert this post for a rule violation
PowersThere are no powers you can use on this post
EditCannot edit other people's posts
ReplyReply to this post
EditCannot edit other people's posts
Rec (8)
ReplyReply to this post
7 replies
= new reply since forum marked as read
Highlight:
NoneDon't highlight anything
5 newestHighlight 5 most recent replies
Robert Mercer backed a secretive group that worked with Facebook, Google to target anti-Muslim ads (Original Post)
workinclasszero
Apr 2018
OP
mahatmakanejeeves
(57,664 posts)1. Someones accountant is getting fired. Nice work, @OpenSecretsDC!
Retweeted by RogueAltGov: https://twitter.com/RogueAltGov
Someones accountant is getting fired. Nice work, @OpenSecretsDC! https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2018/04/exclusive-robert-mercer-backed-a-secretive-group-that-worked-with-facebook-google-to-target-anti-muslim-ads-at-swing-voters/
Link to tweet
Initech
(100,108 posts)2. Robert Mercer is a traitor. He needs to be put on trial for treason.
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)4. He isn't the only POS right wing republican selling out the USA
I hate to use the phrase but it seems to be a vast conspiracy, huh?
Initech
(100,108 posts)6. The whole party is in on it.
And I think that's what Mueller is going to find out. It wasn't just one person or a group of people, it was the entire GOP working to take down Hillary Clinton to make sure she didn't become president. When the pin is pulled, a whole lot of people are going to fall.
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)7. It's going to take a lot of courage to expose these traitors
Fox, Sinclair and hate radio will be pushing out lies 24/7/365 against Mueller and anyone else trying to save this country.
AmericanActivist
(1,019 posts)3. The Mercer and Koch money and agenda
must be stopped.
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)5. Dark hidden money is killing
democracy and the rule of law here for sure.