Defiant Mark Zuckerberg defends Facebook policy to allow false ads

Obinwannem News Defiant Mark Zuckerberg defends Facebook policy to allow false ads

Zuckerberg says ‘people should be able to judge for themselves the character of politicians’ and compares alternative to censorship Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg has defended the company’s decision to not take down political advertising that contains false information – and compared the alternative to censorship.

Challenged on CBS over the policy, which has raised concerns over misinformation campaigns that could distort elections, Zuckerberg refused to commit to any changes. “What I believe is that in a democracy, it important that people can see for themselves what politicians are saying, so they can make their judgments,” he said.

“And, you know, I don’t think that a private company should be censoring politicians or news.”

Gayle King, co-host of CBS This Morning, pointed out that 200 Facebook employees wrote a letter asking Zuckerberg to reconsider as “free speech and paid speech are not the same”.

The Facebook co-founder was unmoved.

“Well, this is a very complex issue, and a lot of people have a lot of different opinions,” he said. “At the end of the day, I just think that in a democracy, people should be able to see for themselves what politicians are saying.”He added: “I think that people should be able to judge for themselves the character of politicians.”

Written By Adeluwoye Comfort Eniola Obinwannem News

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