> “Our approach is grounded in Facebook’s fundamental belief in free expression, respect for the democratic process and the belief that, in mature democracies w

> “Our approach is grounded in Facebook’s fundamental belief in free expression, respect for the democratic process and the belief that, in mature democracies with a free press, political speech is already arguably the most scrutinized speech there is,” Facebook’s head of global elections policy, Katie Harbath, wrote in the letter to the Biden campaign. Even the mature democracies are vulnerable when it comes to misinformation, manipulation or treating democracy not as "the will of the people" based on the rational mind, but a behaviourist's playground. Looking at the past 3 years or so, FB people should be the first ones to know that. > “In the absence of regulation, Facebook and other companies are left to design their own policies,” Rob Leathern, Facebook’s director of product management overseeing the advertising integrity division, said in the post. “We have based ours on the principle that people should be able to hear from those who wish to lead them, warts and all, and that what they say should be scrutinized and debated in public.” When I think about Libra and read this, I'm happy that the regulations around crypto are much, much more strict.