"So was Facebook responsible for Donald Trump getting elected? I think the answer is yes, but not for the reasons anyone thinks," Bosworth wrote. "He didn't get elected because of Russia or misinformation or Cambridge Analytica. He got elected because he ran the single best digital ad campaign I've ever seen from any advertiser. Period."

Top Facebook exec: Yes, we got Trump elected and it may happen again

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https://twitter.com/ditzkoff/status/1214011908271067137

BS, it’s all of the above and to believe what an obviously biased Boz (who runs hardware now of all things) spin it as a good thing is brainwashing for internal and more typical delay, deflect, denial of responsibility from FB to the public

"What I expect people will find is that the algorithms are primarily exposing the desires of humanity itself, for better or worse," Bosworth said.

Bosworth said Trump and Brad Parscale, the digital director for Trump's 2016 campaign and now the campaign manager for the 2020 campaign, did "unbelievable work." 
"They weren't running misinformation or hoaxes. They weren't microtargeting or saying different things to different people. They just used the tools we had to show the right creative to each person," he wrote.

Bosworth said Trump and Brad Parscale, the digital director for Trump's 2016 campaign and now the campaign manager for the 2020 campaign, did "unbelievable work."  "They weren't running misinformation or hoaxes. They weren't microtargeting or saying different things to different people. They just used the tools we had to show the right creative to each person," he wrote.

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