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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMark Zuckerberg Says Social Media Giants Shouldn't Be In Position To Fact-Check Users
When asked about Twitters fact-checking of President Trump, Zuckerberg said Facebook shouldnt be the arbiter of truth.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said his companys policies differ from those of Twitter when it comes to fact-checking users.
For the first time, Twitter tagged two of President Donald Trumps tweets on Tuesday with a fact-checking note indicating that his statements were misleading. Angered over the notes, Trump later accused Twitter of attempting to influence the upcoming 2020 presidential election.
During an interview with Fox News Dana Perino, Zuckerberg said he disagreed with Twitters policy and said he didnt believe his own company, Facebook, should be the arbiter of truth.
We have a different policy than Twitter on this, Zuckerberg told Perino when asked about Twitters decision to fact-check Trump.
I just believe strongly that Facebook shouldnt be the arbiter of truth of everything that people say online, he said. I think in general, private companies probably shouldnt be especially these platform companies shouldnt be in the position of doing that.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/mark-zuckerberg-facebook-fact-check_n_5ecf07cdc5b61b971d4e41b6
No surprise from the guy who said:
"he found Holocaust denial deeply offensive, but added: I dont believe that our platform should take that down because I think there are things that different people get wrong. I dont think that theyre intentionally getting it wrong
Its hard to impugn intent and to understand the intent.
Such an "open minded" person to allow his platform to be used as a means of inciting hatred
F**K HIM
CincyDem
(6,410 posts)All so he and his friends could rate girls hot or not.
In the end, money never changes anyone...it just shows who they really are.
still_one
(92,479 posts)matt819
(10,749 posts)jimfields33
(16,044 posts)want to keep the deal of no being sued. Newspapers and media dont have that Bennie but the three do. They are desperate to keep it.
Sgent
(5,857 posts)then they only have two choices -- either curate / moderate nothing and become 4chan, or stop users from making comments or uploading anything.
applegrove
(118,865 posts)with 45 million followers don't get away with spreading dangerous medical falsehoods all the time if the website wants. It is up to them to decide. And if Twitter does, and gets some goodwill and cred while facebook doesn't, tough s***!
onecaliberal
(32,940 posts)By people who are too stupid to breathe.
JDC
(10,137 posts)LuvNewcastle
(16,862 posts)is the arbiter of truth. Most people realize that the shit on Facebook is the modern version of Weekly World News. I hope the people at Twitter have more sense than to go down the same path as Facebook, which is a garbage heap of conspiracy theories.
C_U_L8R
(45,027 posts)And the equal ability to drag it down into the dirt.
Zuckerberg makes his choice very clear.
still_one
(92,479 posts)the so-called president
BannonsLiver
(16,531 posts)Dead inside. Has been for years.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)I despise that little wanker. He is dead inside. I can't wait until his outsides match as well. I hate him with a passion.
TrunKated
(210 posts)... after the 2016 election.
I remember Facebook talking about hiring fact checkers and gearing up to fight fake news.
dalton99a
(81,656 posts)Billboards reading Trump Zuckerberg 2020 went up along I-15 in Orem and Spanish Fork on Friday, Nov. 22, 2019. The signs were paid for by the The Really Online Lefty League, a California-based PAC. | The Really Online Lefty League
https://www.deseret.com/utah/2019/11/23/20978719/trump-zuckerberg-2020-i-15-billboards
IcyPeas
(21,925 posts)Coventina
(27,217 posts)KY_EnviroGuy
(14,498 posts)They're no longer predominantly transmitting just citizen's private social communications but instead mostly relay dogma and ads from corporations, politicians and political entities, both foreign and domestic.
As I see it, every evil entity around the globe now has free access to the ear of a majority of citizens including children. It's no wonder so many have been brainwashed, particularly considering how these platforms encourage circles of friends that can become mini-echo chambers of that evil dogma.
With anything human that at first glance appears to be a really neat thing, the evil profiteering elements of the world will soon take advantage of it and eventually dominate it.
KY...........
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)Kinda showed you up, did it Mark?
MontanaMama
(23,364 posts)He doesnt think people are intentionally getting it wrong? He knows better and does not care.
Cha
(297,873 posts)Moostache
(9,897 posts)Go non-profit...become a monk and donate every single cent Facebook generates and THEN you can cry me a fucking river about arbiter of truth duty....until then you fucking clown, the pile of shit your created? Its stench is YOUR responsibility asshole.
Squidly
(783 posts)Trump humping POS
Beartracks
(12,821 posts)Xolodno
(6,408 posts)...someone is going to create a social network that defeats his. And the reason...he got out of touch with his customers.
comradebillyboy
(10,179 posts)Hekate
(90,912 posts)Lock him up.
(6,947 posts)... he sure doesn't have to care, does he?
Here's the proposed unconstitutional EO from king orange premier's sycophantic aides:
https://kateklonick.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/DRAFT-EO-Preventing-Online-Censorship.pdf
elias7
(4,030 posts)Hes taking an extremely irresponsible position, ignoring the obvious exploitation of the platform.
demmiblue
(36,907 posts)cbdo2007
(9,213 posts)still_one
(92,479 posts)another example
NewJeffCT
(56,829 posts)every tweet:
ScratchCat
(2,010 posts)I just believe strongly that Facebook shouldnt be the arbiter of truth of everything that people say online, he said.
Nobody opined that Facebook should be the "arbiter of truth of everything people say online", and he knows it. Its a freaking cop out to get away with not having to say that "Donald Trump is wrong" in this specific instance. This has nothing to do with "fact checking"; the god damn POTUS has gone from using private platforms to pass on bullshit to now slandering a talk show host and causing harm to a family of a dead woman, and they don't have to allow him to do it. For fooks sake, the world has gone mad.