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Al Franken blasts Facebook, election meddling in first speech since resignation
CBS News ^ | 2 May 18 | Emily Tillett

Posted on 05/02/2018 12:53:38 PM PDT by seanmerc

In his first major public speech since resigning from the U.S. Senate, Al Franken returned to the spotlight to deliver a blistering rebuke of tech companies, specifically Facebook, over abuse of users privacy data while speaking at a cybersecurity conference in Lisbon, Portugal.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Minnesota
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1 posted on 05/02/2018 12:53:38 PM PDT by seanmerc
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To: seanmerc

Reallly...
what courage.


2 posted on 05/02/2018 12:56:49 PM PDT by mowowie
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3 posted on 05/02/2018 1:00:27 PM PDT by OttawaFreeper ("If I had to go to war again, I'd bring lacrosse players" Conn Smythe)
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To: seanmerc

Who?


4 posted on 05/02/2018 1:14:32 PM PDT by VRW Conspirator (Enforce the Law. Build the Wall. Deport them All.)
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To: seanmerc

Yeah, he resigned, but is he still in the senate?


5 posted on 05/02/2018 1:21:14 PM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
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To: mowowie

Hahaha, Zuck is on Franken’s side!


6 posted on 05/02/2018 1:23:44 PM PDT by treetopsandroofs
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To: seanmerc

“...while speaking at a cybersecurity conference...”

Well, I imagine boxes of paper absentee ballots in his trunk don’t count as a cybersecurity thingy.


7 posted on 05/02/2018 1:24:32 PM PDT by polymuser (Its terrible to contemplate how few politicians are hanged today. - Chesterton)
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To: VRW Conspirator

To quote the late, great Don Rickles, “Someone give him a cookie so he’ll go away.”


8 posted on 05/02/2018 1:32:21 PM PDT by Rennes Templar
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To: seanmerc

Projection.


9 posted on 05/02/2018 1:34:20 PM PDT by Trillian
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To: seanmerc

Watching both franken and weiner howling on fox news all the time day and night made me sick.
Two pathetic psycho’s

who’s laughing now?

Frigging tools....


10 posted on 05/02/2018 1:38:26 PM PDT by mowowie
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To: seanmerc

Was he cupping a girl’s breasts as he spoke?


11 posted on 05/02/2018 1:53:58 PM PDT by packrat35 (Pelosi is only on loan to the world from Satan. Hopefully he will soon want his baby killer back)
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To: seanmerc

Franken...GTFO!!


12 posted on 05/02/2018 2:28:37 PM PDT by WKUHilltopper (WKU 2016 Boca Raton Bowl Champions)
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He’s living in hell every day and I’m loving it!!!


13 posted on 05/02/2018 2:30:07 PM PDT by RooRoobird20 ("Democrats haven't been this angry since Republicans freed the slaves.")
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Cosby_Cant_Figure_It_Out
14 posted on 05/02/2018 3:05:23 PM PDT by CaliforniaCraftBeer
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Al Franken -— who cares?


15 posted on 05/02/2018 6:05:42 PM PDT by From The Deer Stand
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