Canadian PM Trudeau Slams Meta for Shuttering News Access During ‘Apocalyptic’ Wildfires
“In a larger picture that’s bad for democracy,” the prime minister said.
“In a larger picture that’s bad for democracy,” the prime minister said.
Workers involved in “content reviews” were reportedly the most affected.
The tech mogul said some purported disinformation ended up being “debatable or true.”
The platform’s association with a “right-of-center” firm is the latest in a string of political affiliations.
A new biography of right-wing tech mogul Peter Thiel claims that, according to him, Facebook chief executive officer Mark Zuckerberg struck a deal allowing Donald Trump and his allies to spread disinformation in exchange for a lack of federal oversight. The claim was first published in Chafin’s book The Contrarian, excerpts of which were adapted into an …
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The tech CEO did not mention that political ads were not subject to fact-checking labels.
The Facebook chief executive officer had previously claimed that “terrorist content” would be enough for an instant ban on the platform.
An account appearing to belong to a Texas woman exhorted her friends to block “Zuckerberg’s bots” on her own page.
The policy is expected to go into effect in November 2019.
“I cannot fathom what Facebook is thinking,” one expert said of the move.