Mr. Zuckerberg spoke at Georgetown University last week to defend his company’s decision to allow campaigns to pay to have their lies promoted. But with ads, Facebook is offering candidates a helping hand, not an even one. These mechanics dismantle Mr. Zuckerberg’s protestations that his company must remain neutral: Facebook isn’t neutral right now. And while Facebook has proved it can police political ads for profanity, truthfulness is trickier to evaluate. Mr. Zuckerberg during his speech recounted China’s attempts to export its aggressive censorship: “Is that the Internet we want?” Of course it’s not.

Source: Washington Post October 21, 2019 23:36 UTC