Published 2 years ago

Facebook paid GOP firm to malign TikTok

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The Washington Post reports that Meta, Facebook's parent company, is using similar tactics to go after another rival TikTok. Meta, the Post reported, hired a Republican consulting firm called Targeted Victory. The firm used a mix of genuine concerns and unfounded anxieties about TikTok, the report says.

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The Guardian

Facebook owner reportedly paid Republican firm to push message TikTok is ‘the real threat’

Meta, owner of Facebook and Instagram, solicited campaign accusing TikTok of being a danger to American children

2 years ago·London, United Kingdom

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The Independent

Facebook resorts to old smear tactics against TikTok

Meta, Facebook’s parent company, hired a Republican consulting firm called Targeted Victory to “orchestrate a nationwide campaign” against TikTok, The Washington Post reported on Wednesday

2 years ago·London, United Kingdom

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Associated Press News

Facebook resorts to old smear tactics against TikTok

Eleven years ago, Facebook was caught red-handed after it hired a prominent public relations firm to try to plant stories harshly criticizing Google’s privacy practices in leading news outlets.

2 years ago·United States

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USA Today

Facebook hired Republican consulting firm Targeted Victory to turn public against rival TikTok

Facebook parent company Meta orchestrated nationwide campaign to sway public opinion against popular competitor TikTok, the Washington Post reported.

2 years ago·United States

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The Washington Post

Facebook paid GOP firm to malign TikTok

Targeted Victory pushed local operatives across the country to boost messages calling TikTok a threat to American children. “Dream would be to get stories with headlines like ‘From dances to danger,'" one campaign director said.

2 years ago

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KRDO

Facebook resorts to old smear tactics against TikTok

By The Associated Press WASHINGTONMeta, Facebook’s parent company, hired a Republican consulting firm called Targeted Victory to “orchestrate a nationwide campaign” against TikTok, The Washington Post reported on Wednesday. Targeted Victory, according to the Post, contracted with dozens of public relations firms across the U.S. to help “sway public opinion against TikTok” by addition to planting local news stories and helping place op-eds target…

2 years ago·Colorado Springs, United States

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