2. For several years, Zuckerberg has oriented Facebook's entire public policy apparatus around placating Republicans and Trump— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) May 28, 2020
Again and again, Facebook has taken actions to empower Trump and the right-wing, ignoring their own policies https://t.co/5mBoi8301s
4. Facebook says again and again that it never changed it's political ad policy.— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) May 28, 2020
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://t.co/4aTevXJIwr pic.twitter.com/PLNcqgx4zm
6. The Daily Caller uses its privileged position to benefit Trump and reduce the distribution of critical articles about Trump by outlets like POLITICO.— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) May 28, 2020
Why does The Daily Caller get to fact check POLITICO on Facebook?
Because Zuckerberg says sohttps://t.co/AoMU8uhDR8
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."— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) May 28, 2020
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.— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) May 28, 2020
Brown wrote a column on the site lavishly praising DeVoshttps://t.co/lVZ3UV6MSA
12. Brown and Zuckerberg hired a former producer for Fox & Friends, Jennifer Williams, to run video strategy for Facebook News— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) May 28, 2020
Williams will be part of Facebook's news curation team, which means she'll be selecting content to be featured in the News tabhttps://t.co/jhodEnrkKT
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.— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) May 28, 2020
Trump is now violating the policy, but Facebook won't enforce it https://t.co/WRhzs6uTUr
15. I'm going to continue to report the THE TRUTH about how Facebook operates.— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) May 28, 2020
That's because it is a core source of information for billions of people.
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