Freshmen congresswomen Katie Porter (D-CA) and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) asked the best questions of Mark Zuckerberg.
Porter asked about the connections between Facebook and the fake propaganda machine Cambridge Analytica (founded by Steve Bannon to produce fake content targeting Democrats) and Zuckerberg would not give a straight answer.
Porter noted that if someone posts a violent or obscene video, Facebook will censor it. But they will allow paid political ads to knowingly post provably false allegations.
AOC asked if it would be legal to pay for a political ad targeting Republicans that told them election day was the day AFTER the actual election day, and Zuckerberg admitted that would not be permitted.
AOC asked if it would be legal for her to target ads for incumbent Republicans saying they had voted in favor of the Green New Deal (all Republicans voted against it) and Zuckerberg couldn’t answer.
So the bottom line is that Facebook will allow Republicans to KNOWINGLY post lies about Democrats, but when it wants to, it can protect users from other inaccurate, violent or obscene content.
Elizabeth Warren is right to channel her inner 21st Century Theodore Roosevelt and call for a breakup of the big tech monopolies.
Freshmen congresswomen Katie Porter (D-CA) and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) asked the best questions of Mark Zuckerberg.
Porter asked about the connections between Facebook and the fake propaganda machine Cambridge Analytica (founded by Steve Bannon to produce fake content targeting Democrats) and Zuckerberg would not give a straight answer.
Porter noted that if someone posts a violent or obscene video, Facebook will censor it. But they will allow paid political ads to knowingly post provably false allegations.
AOC asked if it would be legal to pay for a political ad targeting Republicans that told them election day was the day AFTER the actual election day, and Zuckerberg admitted that would not be permitted.
AOC asked if it would be legal for her to target ads for incumbent Republicans saying they had voted in favor of the Green New Deal (all Republicans voted against it) and Zuckerberg couldn’t answer.
So the bottom line is that Facebook will allow Republicans to KNOWINGLY post lies about Democrats, but when it wants to, it can protect users from other inaccurate, violent or obscene content.
Elizabeth Warren is right to channel her inner 21st Century Theodore Roosevelt and call for a breakup of the big tech monopolies.