The company will treat speech from politicians as newsworthy content that should be seen and heard, said Nick Clegg, Facebook's vice president of global affairs and communications.
CEO and co-founder of Facebook Mark Zuckerberg poses next to Facebook head of global policy communications and former UK deputy prime minister Nick Clegg prior to a meeting with French President at the Elysee Palace in Paris, on May 10, 2019.on Tuesday said it will not fact check or remove content posted posted by politicians even if it is in violation of the company's rules.
What did he get in return? A stop of the antitrust investigation into Facebook?
The dumbest thing I saw on Twitter today and I saw a lot of dumb things today especially from realDonaldTrump BorisJohnson Not a good day for common sense.
Of course not. Is FB the online police or what?
You know trump is backing him up. Zuck’s got so much dirt on him.
Facebook is not relevant
Well this will go a long way to bring credibility back to Facebook.
Zuckerbot is an ass. He’s a liar and will do anything to sway the public his own direction. Facebook is weaponized.
One of the many reasons I'm no longer on Facebook! Zuckerberg has no moral compass and lacks integrity.
Whose facts are they going to check them against? The progressives pushed for truth to be relative and now they have it.
As 2020 eating contest looms, Facebook says it will let politicians post without fact-checking.
This could be trouble for conservatives
By politicians you mean democrats?
so its business as usual at assbook.
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Really, so they Can Fact Check is Civilians but not the Lying Politicians, changing to Twitter instead...
When have politicians EVER posted facts? The post promises, they post comments that support those promises and they post comments that attack their opponents. One persons facts are another persons lies.
It’s about time, that What’s what Benjamin Franklin wrote in the Declaration of Independence.
The smirk on Zuck’s face in that pic...
Has there ever been an unbiased “fact-checker”? 🤨
CNBC (and every other media outlet) does, why can't FB?
What's the point of these fact checks?
Fact checking seems to get in the way of political theater anyway ... why start now ?
Yes Democrat politicians but not Republicans and if that happens Facebook will be soon and shut down
‘They will let’ ...
Hope it's worth the demise of your company Mark. pathetic,boycottfacebook.
Learned nothing.
Whatever. Ppl shouldn’t believe anything they see on FB anyway.
Oh boy...Armageddon is coming...
And, unfortunately ... people on FB will believe what's posted.
Love Facebook. Great stock too.
🖕🏼🇺🇸🖕🏼 Time for you to be shut down. Too little to late! $FB
realDonaldTrump has never once fact checked anyway so how is this different?
Wow, how nice of them to allow free speech. 🙄
And that’s why I don’t use Facebook anymore
Maybe, we can stop shadow-banning and banishment here :D
What?
Hmmm, interesting.