OTTAWA—Facebook Canada says the social media giant won’t take down false or misleading content like doctored videos during the upcoming federal election campaign. The unprecedented move means that if either Zuckerberg or Sandberg steps foot in Canada, they could immediately face summons to testify before the committee. Chan, along with Facebook global policy director Neil Potts, bore the brunt of MPs’ anger and frustration that Zuckerberg and Sandberg ignored the subpoena to testify before the committee. Damian Collins, the U.K. MP who has been spearheading the international investigation into Facebook, noted that while Facebook is cracking down on fake accounts, the company is still allowing misleading content to be spread by real users. “Facebook takes more seriously someone spreading the truth from an inauthentic account then someone spreading lies from an authentic account,” Collins told reporters.

Source: thestar May 28, 2019 20:44 UTC