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As Facebook cracked down on disinformation flooding its social media platforms, executives decided to codify a key loophole: Politicians remained free to lie at will — unbound by the rules designed to stop everyday users from peddling viral falsehoods.
This decision, put into place last year, has sparked a sharp backlash this week among Democrats, who complain that it gives President Trump free rein to use major social media platforms as disinformation machines. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), a leading presidential candidate, made this point in a Facebook ad Thursday in which she joked that the company had endorsed Trump, adding that its policies allow “a candidate to intentionally lie to the American people.”
Warren’s ad was the latest salvo in a growing campaign by Democrats to pressure social media companies to curb Trump’s ability to push demonstrably untrue information on their platforms. Last week, Democrat Joseph Biden asked Facebook to remove a Trump campaign ad that made false claims, prompting the company to refuse on the grounds that political speech is not covered by the expansive fact-checking system it put in place after the 2016 presidential election.
originally posted by: Gorgonite
I had trouble with the length of the title. A better title would have been "Elizabeth Warren is running fake FB ads to bring attention to FB policy which Trump has used to post fake ads."
originally posted by: DBCowboy
a reply to: Gorgonite
Warren is a communist and anyone supporting her is a deplorable communist.
I learned that it is okay to say that now from the evil communist leftists.
Election 2020 is going to be so much FUN!
originally posted by: xuenchen
Elizabeth Warren's Pow Wow Chow 'Cherokee' recipes were word for word COPIES of famous FRENCH chef's techniques
Hmmmmm 😃
originally posted by: 3NL1GHT3N3D1
Do you see it? The usuals deflecting from actually addressing the issue presented in the OP.
"Trump? Pffffft... look at what the dims did! Something something pocahontas, derrrrrrp!"
😂🐑🐝
originally posted by: xuenchen
Elizabeth Warren's Pow Wow Chow 'Cherokee' recipes were word for word COPIES of famous FRENCH chef's techniques
Hmmmmm 😃
originally posted by: Gorgonite
Yep, never address the actual issue that Trump is intentionally lying.
I can only conclude that the right actually enjoys being lied to. It must be some form of intellectual masochism. "Oh yes! Tell me how high the wall is! Tell me who is going to pay for it!"
The right no longer has any values, they place all their value into Trump now. This is exactly how autocracies are born. The subset of the population who don't care if their leaders break the law as long as they say comforting "them vs us" statements will do literally anything to defend their dear leader.
originally posted by: 3NL1GHT3N3D1
Do you see it? The usuals deflecting from actually addressing the issue presented in the OP.
"Trump? Pffffft... look at what the dims did! Something something pocahontas, derrrrrrp!"
😂🐑🐝
originally posted by: NoCorruptionAllowed
originally posted by: 3NL1GHT3N3D1
Do you see it? The usuals deflecting from actually addressing the issue presented in the OP.
"Trump? Pffffft... look at what the dims did! Something something pocahontas, derrrrrrp!"
😂🐑🐝
The old morality rule book says you have to stop being a hypocrite first. Then all your current issues can be addressed.
Do you see it? The usuals deflecting from actually addressing the issue presented in the OP.