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Mark Zuckerberg (and by extension, Facebook) is extremely comfortable being the “arbiter of truth,” so long as “truth” matches what Trump and pro-Trump groups say https://www.mediamatters.org/facebook/mark-zuckerberg-hypocrite-and-trumpist
Now that Trump is being criticized, Zuckerberg claims that Facebook is not the arbiter of truth. Here's the reality.
And let's not overlook the significant (and ongoing) outreach work that Zuckerberg has done towards the right.
Earlier this week we learned that Facebook for years has known that is is fomenting extremism -- and against the advice of internal researches, executives decided to do nothing about it.
https://www.mediamatters.org/facebook/bombshell-report-facebook-has-known-it-fomenting-extremism-years-and-refuses-stop
https://www.mediamatters.org/facebook/bombshell-report-facebook-has-known-it-fomenting-extremism-years-and-refuses-stop
Earlier this year, we learned about a whole host of systematic ways that Facebook favors conservatives.
https://www.mediamatters.org/facebook/new-report-shows-12-ways-facebook-favors-conservatives
https://www.mediamatters.org/facebook/new-report-shows-12-ways-facebook-favors-conservatives
And finally, as we've shown repeatedly with our studies, there is no actual evidence of censorship on Facebook. In fact, certain right-wing content outperforms other content.
https://www.mediamatters.org/facebook/heres-data-facebooks-bias-report-doesnt-show-you
https://www.mediamatters.org/facebook/heres-data-facebooks-bias-report-doesnt-show-you
