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“It is not our role to intervene when politicians speak. That’s why I want to be really clear today – we do not submit speech by politicians to our independent
by jmole 7y ago
“It is not our role to intervene when politicians speak. That’s why I want to be really clear today – we do not submit speech by politicians to our independent fact-checkers, and we generally allow it on the platform even when it would otherwise breach our normal content rules.”
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"You're not allowed to lie, unless you're a politician who's paid for the right to do so."
- chillacy 7y agoPolitical advertising has special treatment among TV stations, so there is some precedent for not fact-checking political advertisement: https://www.thebalancecareers.com/should-tv-stations-ban-false-political-ads-3956480 https://www.thebalancecareers.com/should-tv-stations-ban-fal...
- cat199 7y agoOstensibly (not a lawyer) given the sensationalist false headline and the direct attack on his own business rather than just being 'politics', this could potentially be cause for a libel suit. That said, since the company is already in the sights of regulators, possibly not the best move strategically. The 'best' part about it is that she's guilty of the same claim she's complaining about: "facebook helped elect donald trump" which isn't actually true in any direct sense (and debatably so in an indirect sense), yet they are allowing her to run her ad..
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