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1. This is a clarifying moment.
It shows exactly what Facebook is and who Zuckerberg is
Trump is violating Facebook's rules on election misinformation
Zuckerberg's response was to go on Fox News and defend Trump's right to undermine the integrity of the election
It shows exactly what Facebook is and who Zuckerberg is
Trump is violating Facebook's rules on election misinformation
Zuckerberg's response was to go on Fox News and defend Trump's right to undermine the integrity of the election
2. For several years, Zuckerberg has oriented Facebook's entire public policy apparatus around placating Republicans and Trump
Again and again, Facebook has taken actions to empower Trump and the right-wing, ignoring their own policies https://popular.info/p/the-republican-political-operatives
Again and again, Facebook has taken actions to empower Trump and the right-wing, ignoring their own policies https://popular.info/p/the-republican-political-operatives
3. Trump is spending millions on Facebook ads featuring claims that have been debunked by Facebook's third-party fact-checkers
In response, Facebook CHANGED ITS POLICIES to allow Trump (and other politicians) to lie in ads https://popular.info/p/facebook-says-trump-can-lie-in-his
In response, Facebook CHANGED ITS POLICIES to allow Trump (and other politicians) to lie in ads https://popular.info/p/facebook-says-trump-can-lie-in-his
4. Facebook says again and again that it never changed it's political ad policy.
But it did!
I have receipts.
The policy used to ban all misinformation in ads. Then Trump started spending millions to spread misinformation and the policy was changed.
https://popular.info/p/facebook-says-trump-can-lie-in-his
But it did!
I have receipts.
The policy used to ban all misinformation in ads. Then Trump started spending millions to spread misinformation and the policy was changed.
https://popular.info/p/facebook-says-trump-can-lie-in-his
5. Facebook recruited the Daily Caller, a far-right site founded by Fox News host Tucker Carlson, to become an official fact-checker for Facebook. The decision was made even though the Daily Caller has a history of inaccurate reporting targeting Democrats.
6. The Daily Caller uses its privileged position to benefit Trump and reduce the distribution of critical articles about Trump by outlets like POLITICO.
Why does The Daily Caller get to fact check POLITICO on Facebook?
Because Zuckerberg says so https://popular.info/p/the-daily-caller-uses-status-as-facebook
Why does The Daily Caller get to fact check POLITICO on Facebook?
Because Zuckerberg says so https://popular.info/p/the-daily-caller-uses-status-as-facebook
7. Facebook hired former Republican Senator Jon Kyl to produce a report on whether Facebook is biased against conservatives. Facebook did not make any effort to study whether the platform had any bias against liberals.
8. Zuckerberg invited right-wing pundits to his home to discuss "partnerships" and "free speech." Invitees included Tucker Carlson, who recently said that immigrants were making America "dirtier," and Brent Bozell, who said President Obama looked like a "skinny ghetto crackhead."
9. Facebook allows The Daily Wire, a toxic right-wing website, a clandestine network of 14 Facebook pages that purport to be independent but exclusively promote content from The Daily Wire
This is in clear violation of Facebook's rules https://popular.info/p/facebook-allows-prominent-right-wing
This is in clear violation of Facebook's rules https://popular.info/p/facebook-allows-prominent-right-wing
10. The head of "Facebook News," Campbell Brown, continues to be involved in her own news outlet, The74, which Brown founded with the support of Trump Education Secretary Betsy DeVos.
Brown wrote a column on the site lavishly praising DeVos https://popular.info/p/facebooks-top-news-executive-has
Brown wrote a column on the site lavishly praising DeVos https://popular.info/p/facebooks-top-news-executive-has
11. Zuckerberg announced the launch of Facebook News on stage with News Corp CEO Robert Thomson, a top executive in Rupert Murdoch's right-wing media empire https://popular.info/p/facebook-gets-foxy
12. Brown and Zuckerberg hired a former producer for Fox & Friends, Jennifer Williams, to run video strategy for Facebook News
Williams will be part of Facebook's news curation team, which means she'll be selecting content to be featured in the News tab https://popular.info/p/facebook-gets-foxy
Williams will be part of Facebook's news curation team, which means she'll be selecting content to be featured in the News tab https://popular.info/p/facebook-gets-foxy
13. Facebook News team elected to include Breitbart — a noxious right-wing site that was caught laundering white nationalist talking points — among the 200 "quality" sources included in the launch. https://popular.info/p/facebook-gets-foxy
14. Facebook has a policy that prohibits misrepresentation on voting methods. In announcing the policy, Zuckerberg said there would be no exception for Trump or other politicians.
Trump is now violating the policy, but Facebook won't enforce it https://popular.info/p/facebook-and-twitter-are-terrified
Trump is now violating the policy, but Facebook won't enforce it https://popular.info/p/facebook-and-twitter-are-terrified
15. I'm going to continue to report the THE TRUTH about how Facebook operates.
That's because it is a core source of information for billions of people.
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