The candidate said the company “already helped elect Donald Trump once through negligence,” adding, “Now, they’ve changed their policy so they can profit from lies to the Am…
Also since October 2016, Facebook has had a “newsworthiness” exemption, allowing posts deemed newsworthy to be exempt from its community standards against hate speech or cruel and insensitive speech. “We’re going to begin allowing more items that people find newsworthy, significant, or important to the public interest—even if they might otherwise violate our standards,” Facebook said at the time.
“We rely on third-party fact-checkers to help reduce the spread of false news and other types of viral misinformation, like memes or manipulated photos and videos,” Facebook VP of Global Affairs and Communications and former UK member of parliament Nick Clegg wrote in aexplaining the decision. “We don’t believe, however, that it’s an appropriate role for us to referee political debates and prevent a politician’s speech from reaching its audience and being subject to public debate and scrutiny.
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