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And precisely who do you think should be appointed to head your “ministry of truth”? For example, I believe Facebook employees currently skew 90% Democrat. Sho

by knzhou 7y ago

And precisely who do you think should be appointed to head your “ministry of truth”? For example, I believe Facebook employees currently skew 90% Democrat. Should the committee seek out and add more Republicans in order to have a 50/50 split reflective of the nation, or is a 90/10 split okay? If so, how do you justify this to the other side?

sangnoir 7y ago
> And precisely who do you think should be appointed to head your “ministry of truth”? The FEC. If an ad can't be printed in a newspaper or shown on TV, it shouldn't be on FB.
- bryan_w 7y ago
  Then you may be surprised to find out that most ads being discussed are allowed on TV: https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2019/oct/15/elizabeth-warren/phony-facebook-ad-warren-said-most-tv-networks-wil/ https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2019/oct...
- the_watcher 7y ago
  Advertisements that are false, in many cases, are legally required to be aired on TV or in newspapers, for precisely the reason that there is a public interest in avoiding media outlets becoming arbiters of truth and restricting access to political speech. Those media outlets are free to fact check and run articles or programs challenging the content of the ads.
- knzhou 7y ago
  We've been through this same conversation with the FEC decades ago. They ended up with precisely the same compromise Facebook is implementing now.
- chillacy 7y ago
  The ads that FB are showing were aired on TV. In fact those laws would say that FB legally cannot apply fact checking. Maybe take it up with the FEC?
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diffeomorphism 7y ago
> For example, I believe Facebook employees currently skew 90% Democrat. What is your belief based on?
- knzhou 7y ago
  Numbers.