Taking down the edited video of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi would cause at least as many problems as it solves.
Facebook's policy is narrowly drawn around the targets of the manipulation being made to say words they didn't say. That wouldn't apply here, since the speaker isn't shown saying anything at all. Maybe Facebook's policy should be broader, but even if it's changed to cover actions, as well as words, there should still reasonably remain, as there are now, certain exceptions for expression that isn't real but makes a point.
Twitter's policy is different than Facebook's—it concerns media that have been"deceptively altered or fabricated"—but to be removed something has to result in"threats to physical safety or other serious harm."JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Both Facebook and Twitter leave open the possibility of labeling videos like these as manipulated, rather than removing them, and that might rightly apply here.
In any case, it's entirely possible that for the speaker's purposes, a public debate around the president's actions here is as useful as any action by the platforms. One thing that gives me pause: Disinformation experts have pointed out the prospect that video is especially visceral and compelling. The rise of social media and the ability to make so-called"Meanwhile, there remain clear instances of outright disinformation that shouldn't stand alone. On Sunday, for example, the president retweeted a bald, unsupported claim about other politicians' sons doing business in Ukraine.
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