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Political Cornflakes: Donald Trump’s campaign ‘better leveraged’ Facebook during the 2016 election than Hillary Clinton’s team, the tech company says

Donald Trump’s campaign ‘better leveraged’ Facebook during the 2016 election than Hillary Clinton’s team, the tech company says. The Utah Legislature passed a complex inland port bill at the end of session and at Salt Lake City’s expense. Utahns reflect on the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination.

Happy Wednesday. President Donald Trump’s campaign bragged often during the 2016 presidential election that it was better at Facebook than Democratic opponent Hillary Clinton’s team. It turns out that was right, according to the company’s data scientists. An internal memo compiled by Facebook after the election reads, in part: “Trump’s FB campaigns were more complex than Clinton’s and better leveraged Facebook’s ability to optimize for outcomes.