Chuck Schumer Asks FBI To Investigate FaceApp

[AnonymityX1000]

The FBI has said officially that FaceApp is a potential counterintelligence threat that needs to be investigated.

FBI warns FaceApp poses 'potential threat'

Why announce it? Why not just investigate it and tell the public the findings later?

 

[Pressure]

Why announce it? Why not just investigate it and tell the public the findings later?

For awareness

 

[AnonymityX1000]

For awareness

Or fear mongering. Depends who you ask I guess.

 

[analog]

Maybe we should be concerned about an app that is connected to Facebook and linked to a Russian company that is extremely popular right now considering fb data was illegally harvested and used to interfere in our last elections.

That shouldn’t even be controversial

Facebook stay allowing 3rd party apps all manner of access to sensitive user data. Who knows how many nefarious organizations are tapping in, and just haven't been caught yet.

 

[DEAD7]

Facebook stay allowing 3rd party apps all manner of access to sensitive user data. Who knows how many nefarious organizations are tapping in, and just haven't been caught yet.

The horror.

 

[duncanthetall]

Sounds like it’s doing what any other app does except it was made in Russia. I’m not gonna go download it, but whatever

 

[Professor Emeritus]

Why announce it? Why not just investigate it and tell the public the findings later?

Because he wants transparency. The investigating bodies are currently controlled by someone who openly tells Russia to steal information on Americans and use it in elections. He is attempting to ensure that everyone knows exactly what is going on and the FBI has to play their hand publicly (which, likely, most of the FBI prefers at this point as well because being run by public awareness is a hell of a lot better than being run by the self-serving corrupt ass in charge).

 

[AnonymityX1000]

Because he wants transparency. The investigating bodies are currently controlled by someone who openly tells Russia to steal information on Americans and use it in elections. He is attempting to ensure that everyone knows exactly what is going on and the FBI has to play their hand publicly (which, likely, most of the FBI prefers at this point as well because being run by public awareness is a hell of a lot better than being run by the self-serving corrupt ass in charge).

I disagree. It is spreading fear that our elections are not fair which suppresses the vote. Even if what you say is true the transparency isn't worth it.

 

[Professor Emeritus]

I disagree. It is spreading fear that our elections are not fair which suppresses the vote. Even if what you say is true the transparency isn't worth it.

The president of the United States is openly encouraging foreign intelligence organizations to interfere with our elections and you think the real problem is letting the American people know about it.

 

[AnonymityX1000]

The president of the United States is openly encouraging foreign intelligence organizations to interfere with our elections and you think the real problem is letting the American people know about it.

Oh so you are saying by not telling the public about this investigation into faceapp the public doesn't know about Trump and his entanglements with foreign governments? It's already on the networks basically 24/7.
You gonna have to do better than that. lol

 

[Professor Emeritus]

Oh so you are saying by not telling the public about this investigation into faceapp the public doesn't know about Trump and his entanglements with foreign governments? It's already on the networks basically 24/7.
You gonna have to do better than that. lol

No, I'm saying that there is a specific way in which the Russians could be developing intelligence on the American people and without someone bringing that to public attention, Trump would have a free hand to stymie any efforts to investigate and counter the threat.


And you just claimed that it was bad to scare the people about elections and now you're turning around and claiming that he isn't telling the people anything they don't already know?

 

[AnonymityX1000]

No, I'm saying that there is a specific way in which the Russians could be developing intelligence on the American people and without someone bringing that to public attention, Trump would have a free hand to stymie any efforts to investigate and counter the threat.


And you just claimed that it was bad to scare the people about elections and now you're turning around and claiming that he isn't telling the people anything they don't already know?

But the FBI is investigatings already so Trump won't have a free hand public announcement or not.
Yeah, I have said this entire Russiagate should not have made it to the public. We manipulate other people's elections all the time via espionage and are getting it done to us. We should have just let it slide publicly and took measures to stop it behind the scenes. The fact of the matter is it is being heavily reported on, my personal view is none of it should have been so we have confidence in our elections.

 

[Professor Emeritus]

But the FBI is investigatings already so Trump won't have a free hand public announcement or not.
Yeah, I have said this entire Russiagate should not have made it to the public. We manipulate other people's elections all the time via espionage and are getting it done to us. We should have just let it slide publicly and took measures to stop it behind the scenes. The fact of the matter is it is being heavily reported on, my personal view is none of it should have been so we have confidence in our elections.

You're right, undermining public confidence in our elections is definitely a cardinal sin.

Tulsi Gabbard, Democratic Presidential Candidate, Sues Google For $50 Million Over Suspension of Ad Account

Tulsi Now Inc., the campaign committee for Ms. Gabbard, said Google suspended the campaign's advertising account for six hours on June 27 and June 28, obstructing its ability to raise money and spread her message to potential voters. After the first Democratic debate, Ms. Gabbard was briefly the most searched-for candidate on Google. Her campaign wanted to capitalize on the attention she was receiving by buying ads that would have placed its website at the top of search results for her name. The lawsuit also said the Gabbard campaign believed its emails were being placed in spam folders on Gmail at "a disproportionately high rate" when compared with emails from other Democratic candidates. Ms. Gabbard and her campaign are seeking an injunction against Google from further meddling in the election and damages of at least $50 million.

She is trying to bring light to how much Google monopolizes the search industry. This just a publicity stunt to bring light to the opinion big tech needs to be broken up. The entire court process will bring a lot of info out to the public. I applaud her.

Democratic presidential hopeful Tulsi Gabbard appeared on "Tucker Carlson Tonight" on Wednesday and took on the Democratic National Committee for a "lack of transparency" on qualifying for the next round of debates.

"I think the bigger problem is that the whole process really lacks transparency," Gabbard told Carlson. "People deserve having that transparency because ultimately it's the people who will decide who our Democratic nominee will be.

"When you see that lack of transparency," she said, it creates "a lack of faith and trust in the process."

Representative Gabbard, D-Hawaii, has hit the donor threshold but in terms of poll thresholds, she fell two short of making the cut for next month's nationally televised primary debates and likely won't make the stage.

The congresswoman said that voters are seeing the "political elites" front and center, while candidates like her are left on the "outside."

"Really what they see is a small group of of really powerful political elites, the establishment making decisions that serve their interests and maintaining that power while the rest of us are left outside. The American people are left behind," Gabbard said.

Exposing the DNC's lack of transparency helps them do better in the future hopefully (feel free to address the substance of that uh whenever ).

Why blame her for the DNC's short comings? If you hate them like you claim you would applaud them being exposed even to their enemies maybe especially even. It's the DNC's fault for having this exposure in the first place. If they don't their isn't this opportunity to expose them to any audience.

Why do you think the why of what is a sanctioned poll and what isn't isn't public information?

And sowing doubt in the political process has almost become her #1 campaign point:

Hawaii Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard says she may boycott next week’s Democratic presidential debate telling supporters in a videotaped message Thursday that the Democratic National Committee and corporate media “are rigging the election.”

Gabbard said that the DNC and “their corporate media partners” rigged the 2016 Democratic primary election against Bernie Sanders and this year are trying to rig it against the American people.

“In this 2020 election, the DNC and corporate media are rigging the election again, but this time against the American people in the early voting states of Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina, and Nevada,” said Gabbard.

 

[AnonymityX1000]

You're right, undermining public confidence in our elections is definitely a cardinal sin.
















And sowing doubt in the political process has almost become her #1 campaign point:

Wow, you are conflating all types of issues into one thing. I'm being specific, international espionage does not need to be exposed to the public. Keep that shyt under wraps unless you are willing to expose all of it including ours. Which we know our government has no interest in.
lol @ this being a play to shyt on Tulsi. You really got a hard on for her.

 

[Professor Emeritus]

Wow, you are conflating all types of issues into one thing. I'm being specific, international espionage does not need to be exposed to the public. Keep that shyt under wraps unless you are willing to expose all of it including ours. Which we know our government has no interest in.

You went way beyond that and were complaining about all sorts of other things too:

I disagree. It is spreading fear that our elections are not fair which suppresses the vote. Even if what you say is true the transparency isn't worth it.

The fact of the matter is it is being heavily reported on, my personal view is none of it should have been so we have confidence in our elections.

So now suppressing the vote and trying to degrade people's confidence in our elections is only okay if you do it the way Tulsi does it?

lol @ this being a play to shyt on Tulsi. You really got a hard on for her.

How would it be shytting on Tulsi for me to point out YOUR hypocrisy? I'm not the one claiming that it's a bad thing, that's you. Tulsi is a non-factor now, other than debunking the fake poll that was posted I don't think I've even mentioned her in the last month or more.

Bad red herring. No logical fallacies, do better.