I rarely use Facebook because of the harm they are doing to our elections. Also, Zuckerberg met with Trump recently. I guess he’ll let Trump’s campaign post lies in return for not breaking Facebook up or some deal like that.
Facebook board member and billionaire investor Peter Thiel has reportedly extended his influence over CEO Mark Zuckerberg and was key in the controversial decision to continue accepting political ads ahead of the 2020 election and to not fact-check them. https://t.co/CTar3SEWNG
— Citizens for Ethics (@CREWcrew) December 18, 2019
Republican billionaire Peter Thiel, a member of Facebook's board, has convinced Zuckerberg to stand by his decision to allow politicians to lie in Facebook
— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) December 17, 2019
Thiel, Zuckberberg and Trump had dinner at the White House in Octoberhttps://t.co/hn2Dn2NGTg
"An explosive new study reveals that political misinformation is running rampant on Facebook as the 2020 election approaches… The study found that most negative misinformation (62%) was about Democrats or liberals…" https://t.co/b5AXLOFYIe
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) November 6, 2019
Think your Thanksgiving was rough? Imagine having to explain to family members that your company isn’t responsible for destroying democracy. Story w/ @MikeIsaac on how FB made a chat bot to help their employees get their angry uncle off their back. https://t.co/MiEB46cfVc
— Sheera Frenkel (@sheeraf) December 2, 2019
[Stammering, stumbling] "Uh no; I mean, I don't think that that's …. that's … I think some of the stuff that people talk about or think gets discussed in discussions are not really …. how that works. [Voice speeds up] I also want to respect that it was a private dinner." https://t.co/Lrpayq8fnS
— David Frum (@davidfrum) December 2, 2019
Facebook says that a post from QAnon supporter Danielle Stella, a congressional candidate running against Ilhan Omar, that calls for Omar to be hung "doesn't violate our Community Standards." She was suspended last night on Twitter for the same post. https://t.co/EGs0Jh4JbH pic.twitter.com/mPgU9cYqm7
— Alex Kaplan (@AlKapDC) November 27, 2019
1. The Trump campaign is blanketing Facebook today w/a claim that has been debunked by its official fact-checking partners.
— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) November 26, 2019
If a non-candidate tried to run this ad it would be taken down
But because Facebook exempts candidates from fact-checking, users are being misinformed pic.twitter.com/1LPSp0zby2
Stunning story that shows how Facebook worked overtime for Trump — crafting digital strategy, creating custom code, and experimenting with different ways to maximize pro-Donald content. https://t.co/1EhbK1js8Z
— Noah Shachtman (@NoahShachtman) November 23, 2019
The top 10 "impeachment" @Facebook posts over the past 24 hours in terms of # of interactions come from:
— Will Ragland (@citizenwillis) November 21, 2019
1. Donald J Trump
2. Fox News
3. Fox News
4. Donald J Trump
5. Fox News
6. Daily Wire
7. Daily Wire
8. Fox News
9. Donald J. Trump
10. Fox News https://t.co/bLyPf9xheN
This is deeply concerning for reasons that have nothing to do Russia or Democratic ad spend https://t.co/NtDXYxnoMe
— Dan Pfeiffer (@danpfeiffer) November 21, 2019
>> @b_fung: "Facebook has become a fertile breeding ground for disinformation about Congress's impeachment inquiry, according to a new report by the civil society group Avaaz." https://t.co/SaOjNC8yUP
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) November 6, 2019
Why does Mark Zuckerberg refuse to hold Donald Trump to the same standards he would a toothpaste company? https://t.co/iymKG4goeE
— Slate (@Slate) October 31, 2019
.@MikeIsaac obtained a letter signed by hundreds of Facebook employees protesting the company’s decision to allow politicians to lie in ads https://t.co/Juusd4EHL5
— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) October 28, 2019
my latest—let’s just be honest abt what’s going on ; https://t.co/xDf9qyJrlT
— Eric Boehlert (@EricBoehlert) October 27, 2019
Facebook is deleting pro-vaccine information from health departments and medical providers, while letting anti-vaccine conspiracy theories stay up. https://t.co/GeefeAy4h5
— Caroline Orr (@RVAwonk) October 26, 2019
Facebook lists Breitbart as a “trusted” news source?! https://t.co/PPvmJzlsQ1
— Jennifer Cohn (@jennycohn1) October 25, 2019
Sad! 