Zuckerberg’s approach to political speech has come under fire in recent weeks. responded to Facebook’s decision by running her own campaign ad, satirically stating that Zuckerberg supports Trump for reelection. And Zuckerberg stressed Facebook must stand strong against governments that seek to “pull back” on free speech in the face of heightened social and political tensions. ADADAsked if the Pelosi incident illustrated a serious gap at Facebook, Zuckerberg agreed. Biden’s campaign asked Facebook to remove the ad, describing it as false, but the social network declined, pointing to a policy against fact-checking such political speech.

Source: Washington Post October 17, 2019 17:37 UTC