Couric began the 40-minute panel, "Putting a Best Facebook Foreword," by grilling Sandberg on how the platform plans to prevent misinformation surrounding the 2020 US presidential election. After briefly talking about fake accounts and state-run accounts, the conversation pivoted to political ads.
"Why did Facebook announce not to fact check political ads last month? The Rand Corporation actually has a term for this, 'truth decay,' and Mark [Zuckerberg] himself has defended this decision, even as he expressed concerns about the erosion of truth online. What is the rationale for that?" she asked. Couric even preempted Sandberg's defense, "I know you're going to say, 'we're not a news organization, we're a platform.
Are they expected to fact check all the ads they post on their site? Do broadcast networks fact check political ads or any other ads? Radio stations?
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these responses are unacceptable, this is one reason I am not on facebook.