San Francisco Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg used a call typically reserved for detailing financial results to defend the company's decision to keep running political ads on its platform.
Zuckerberg adamantly upheld the policy during the first several minutes of an earnings call with analysts on Wednesday. His comments come as intense scrutiny is directed at Silicon Valley's handling of political ads. Facebook and other social media companies have faced criticism for letting politicians run false ads.Just as Facebook was releasing its earnings, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey announced that the company would stop accepting political ads.
Is there anyone as blind as he - does he really belive that people dont see reasons of his motivation to this comment?
Is there a banner stating that the advertisement is false?
Are they gonna ban CGTN?
Sounds like realDonaldTrump already, isn’t he?
He is losing money for kissing the left's stinky feet, Facebook is literally a desert now.
Shut up you dialup modem of a human being.
I get the feeling that this is all his way of showing appreciation for the tax cut he received from TOITWH (The Occupant In The White House). Using Breitbart as a source for fact checking is an obvious ploy to gain favor with his Leader.
Boycott Facebook!!
There is a difference between transparency and the truth.
He is scared to be regulated. Facebook is not current anymore.
BillionaireAsshole! DeleteFacebook
Tell the fed to leave you alone. Its your business not theirs. Let the customer agree or disagree.
Make Asbestos Great Again TrumpsAmerica
Seems someone posted a political lie on the left and it was removed immediately yet lies from the right continue to be posted. This is strictly about money and your personal interest nothing less. I hope you lose that battle and they run you out of town.
Whoever is still on facebook gets what they deserve. facebook is a fucking joke!
shutFacebookDown before facebook shuts down Democracy
Mark you sound just like the great orange man who claims he is the most transparent president. It’s all BS and you know it.
Getting to watch the diminishing of Zuckerberg as a human in real time.
BU-WHA-HA-HA-HA-HA!!!!! Did Facebook know the NRA ads were paid for and created by Russia? Transparency? Transparency is when Facebook gets the idea that paid speech is commercial speech subject to the FTC Truth in Advertising regulations. Free speech is unpaid user posts.
I just wish CNN was the only source of news. Can't we just outlaw everyone else already!
Banning means turning down money For Zuckerberg it’s about the money First, last, and always
Gotta get them $$$. Tik Tok is coming for ya.
He a liar and he’s messed up!
Liar🤥🤥🤥🤥🤥🤥🤥
Transparency paid for by Russia....
No. All he cares about is the extra money he’s getting for those ads. Money speaks, remember that!
buuuut, theyre not though... they straight up lie to your face and theres millions of people that dont know any better.
Translation =. $$$$$$$$$
CNN is commenting on political bias
Facebook and Transparency should not be used in the same sentence, unless it says Facebook has no transparency!
In a whole ass coincidence we just got a notification this moment our page has reduced distribution for sharing clickbait 🙃
DeleteFacebook is simple to do. I won’t be brainwashed.
It’s unforunate that the person who has best monetized personal data is a sociopath.
Liar.
He’s a billionaire fat cat whats not to trust. I’m done with Facebook.
Make Your Money Kings & Queens
He just wants the money to keep coming in. He doesn’t give a shit about transparency.
Nope
Don’t ban them and you will be closed down do the smart thing, your not that dum
lol.
Don't forget that running political ads makes money. So why would Facebook be the one to police the people that make the laws that the police have to follow?
Yeah. Sure. 😂😂😂😂
mark zucherbetg
The algorithms that censor traditional Conservatism, however, are still completely concealed by Facebook and Twitter
No Mark you must ban any Trump's ads but let any lie about Trump spread freely.
Yea and cows shit rainbows
IDeletedFacebook
There's a shit tone of misinformation on Facebook wtf
Suckerberg just go check your notifications from Facebook your lover is hitting you 🤣👎👎
If intentional lies in ads are free speech, does that mean perjury, slander, and libel are okay now, too?
If social media banned sites that pushed lies CNN would be history...
Maybe Put in has some Compromat on him. Somebody put ing som thing in this Jerk
at this point I'd sneeze and the sound I'd make would sound a lot like 'kommieluvver'
Well I only see Democratic ads so....
We don’t believe a word he says
Bullshit
Haha guess he hasn’t read them.
So kill all Jews and gas them is ok as a message on your platform?
This guy isafat pile of pure shit. I posted something on Facebook about this gringo but it did not appear.
This is 1st time he is right about being equal on both sides.
Zuckerberg is an asshole. Nothing good happens on facebook
What a load of bull. Do the ads come with a disclaimer or warning that they might be full of lies?
facebook sells you data
I so far see no reason to dispute that particular claim by Zuckerberg.
facebook screw Fuckerberg! There is so much of fake ads on Face Book, it’s not even funny anymore!!
Make yerself transparent. Disappear.
Fool
Money money 💰 💰💰💰💰
Bahaha he just loves that sweet foreign money.
This Communist News Network CNN hates transparency!
The big Z needs to give himself a shake. Money is not everything Z. Do the right thing.
No a lot of the adds are fake.. But when you post too many things that are true about trump, Facebook bans you for it..Or he can post all the Hate and Bigoted stuff about Everyone He Hates it’s ok , You post Hate about him , You Get Banned !
Way to go Twitter! Facebook banning vaping ads that contain real information! Not cool and didn't he had banned crypto ads in past? Not cool either!
Welcome to America facebook, where if you don’t do exactly what TheDemocrats want you are either in bed with GOP or a Russian asset.
I agree. No political party is ever satisfied with a political ad from their opponents. Only option would be to ban all Political ads in all forms of media, including TV, newspapers, radio, etc
Bullshit!
That's pretty lame!
Go Twitter!
Just got a 24 hour ban for insulting a Trump BOT by FB. The Bot accused liberals of having no class. My response, Republicans have no class, but are white trash. Partisan? Sure. Hate speech? I do not think so.
There is an old saying. Power corrupts and ultimate power corrupts ultimately. Mark Zuckerberg has more power then many realize.
Greedy? Hmmmm...
I hope he runs political ads and websites paid for by foreign donors like he did in 2016 and gets shut down by the FEC.
No they’re not.
Bull 💩
“They make me money so I’m going to allow them” is basically what he’s saying
And I don’t do FB
Hell if I were him? Libs? Dems? Taxes he pays? Way they talked down to him? I’d pack my shit and move the whole Corp to another country.
🤮
Amazing with so much money greed still rules.
I kind of see his point. Facebook is social media. People are in groups to talk. Well, what more is there to talk about that won’t lead right back to activities of the government? It effects everyone every day.
👖🔥he is all about the 💰💰💰
Mark Zuckerberg, like Trump is only interested in what’s it going to do for him financially!!!!
He should stop
Lol. Keep lying Mark
Next markzucky will be telling us he's got a bridge to sell ... or was it swamp land😕
Bull!! Zuckerberg that’s a LIE!!!
He’s wrong. People shouldn’t repost inaccurate/false things. They should fact check. Make it known they will be put in fb jail 30 days if posting false information. Make people stop & doublecheck.
Anything to be on the good side of Trump .
Don’t buy anything from facebook
Ban paid political ads NOW
WOW!!!
Should we believe him. NO
The public needs to apply nonstop pressure on facebook This company is out of touch, and lost in the wilderness!
Zuckerberg, you should take them down. You said that you didn't make a lot of money from them so what's your loss anyway? Unless that's not true... I'm about to quit Facebook.
FB account cancelled
That's fine. At least Democrats will still have a social media platform to blame for their election losses.
So spreading propaganda is ok ?
BOYCOTTFACEBOOK until they stop political ads
Shut facebook down
He’s a dip
I think Facebook should be shut down! The world will be a better place for it.
This is not about free speech.
Zuckerberg defends putting Russian bot adds on FB to meddle in our elections! Unbelievable!
Mark Putin’s boy
Facebook is destroying democracy with weaponized dishonesty.
😂😂😂😂😂
I don’t have Facebook anymore glad I got rid of it.
Trumps threatened Zuckerberg in those meetings that he would bring down Facebook ,so Zuckerberg is going to do what Trump wants .
😂😂
He must have quit college before he was completely brainwashed by the so called liberals who favor suppression of speech.
I still can’t figure. Does he think it’s a way to delude us, or is this how deeply sunk into self-delusion he is himself?
Nope, the average person just scrolls and reads and believes everything even if its a lie reaffirming the lie they already believe.
i dont get why they dont firmly oppose disinformation. everyone would advertise regardless, theyd get the money anyway also: its insane they arent regulated like any media platform. people get more and more of their info on soc media, they should be regulated the most rigorously
Bless your greedy heart OwnerFacebook
CNN saying Facebook needs to fact check their political ads . Lol. CNN needs to fact check their own news . MAGA2020
Mark Zuckerberg is a Hypocrite and a Disgrace to the world.
FB determining what ads are authentic is like Dahmer being a food critic......Zuckerberg is the lifelong college dorm student who stole a term paper from his roommate. That is his only accomplishment!!! He cuts his hair with a bowl!!!
🤣🤦🏻♂️
Principles Transparency Don’t think so!
What evidence does he have for that claim? BS?
Of course he's gonna defend FACEBOOK that's his BREAD & BUTTER
It may be time for everyone to start turning off facebook and find a new platform with both values and morals.
Hey alienberg 🦖💩
What? Now you do know that is BS.
Maybe if false advertising says he a child sexual offender he might feel differently especially if mobs of people attack him in multiple ways. Did I see him looking at kids oddly the other day!🧐
Explain to me why anyone thinks political candidates lying on public media is new? They have been doing it since there was public media. No different than cell phone companies saying they have the best coverage. Someone is lying yet they still accept ads.
I agree, as long as we don’t get a billion of them.
NEED to STOP the ads!! BOYCOTT Facebook!!
Just handing it to the idiot, AGAIN!
It really isn’t something for him to decide. megalomaniac
CNN will rue the day they helped the left dumb down folks.
Social media would be a better place if just all politics were banned 100%. We got along without all this crap in the past, why is it needed now. Can you imagine how much better platforms like life Facebook and Twitter would be without politics involved.
Fuck Zuck. He’s why I don’t have a Facebook. That and all my ex gfs
I love Facebook, but he's wrong about this. Since Trump won't let our peeps try to stop Russia in election, our social media should step it up and block the BS. shame on you FB.
He’s joking, right?
😂😂😂
If you all believe this, I'd like to talk to you about these manic beans I have for sale....
BS!
Money money money
Thank goodness Trump can put his ads up. Hallelujah
No what you have is an agenda which you want to cash in. To end any controversy you could just ban any campaigns on your platform after a certain date so people are not misinformed which is exactly what you promote. You better pray someone doesnt win in 2020 that you dont want.
Be smart about the democracy of the United States. Facebook will be the Go To for all propaganda. Take a step back, reevaluate your process FIX IT monitor the truth vs fake
Yeah - they're transparently fake.
No, banning misinformation ads paid for by deep deep pockets is more important. sherylsandberg facebook
DeleteFacebook Delete it.. It's liberating!
What a putz. He will do anything for money.
What a 🍆!
Mark Z is assuming that everybody has thought processes that will allow them to recognize truth from lies.He KNOWS there is a loophole in his Facebook-but he is afraid to admit it.His pride is preventing him from changing his rule.He can't image being wrong.
I have to call BS on that, Zuck.
He sounds like trump
deactivatefacebook
I think I’ve had enough of this guy and his app.
katonley Delete your account on fb -everyone -problem solved
But he has no problem banning peach and eggplant emojis if used in a 'sexual manner'... Somebody please make it make sense
Snake oil salesmen
Absolutely false. The entire boomer generation gets their news from memes w/o cited sources. facebook has become a cesspool of targeted marketing and false info campaigns. Cancel the entire thing.
Wrong answer.
Trump has around 25 million followers on FB and around 65 million on Twitter! Good thing Twitter have decided to do this.
facebook lies....
Zuckerberg is a clown.
I already deleted my facebook, and Zuckerberg doesn't know the definition of transparency. How is a lie transparent unless it is revealed as a lie and stopped before it infects millions of minds who may never be informed that it is a lie or informed too late?
Greed
Transparent in that they serve Russia...
He’s just wrong
He's full of shit.
A modern day Lex Luthor. He’s so full of sh!t.
🤣
markzucky, you’re delusional, how much money do you need?Take a lesson from Twitter and help protect our elections.
Trump-like rationale for doing bad things.
not sure how micro-targeting political ads equates to transparency, but ok
Then you should add a fact check button on each add so people can check to see if it’s true or not.
I’m so glad I don’t have Facebook. They have an opportunity to fact chk lies & b an informative company to we the ppl. Instead they choose to be part of the negativity
Horsecrap markzucketburg
The record shows otherwise.
Bullshit
Twitter did the right thing, ads should not be political at all.
That’s not true
Just another spin on this. If you catch a political figure with bogus ads, you can determine the type candidate you have. Over that will be lying to you the whole time and filling their pockets.
He is another one of the DEPLORABLES!
Scared of the trump 2020 landslide ✌🏾💙
Fuck CNN censorship
Zuckerberg is a money grubbing tool! DumpFacebook
Wow does he have this just totally and utterly wrong.
Debatable. I find many FB ads quite deceptive. He has no financial incentive to take a different position. And I am equally turned off by blatant scam ads on reputable websites. Why give visibility to that trash?
Zuckerberg owes me money for selling my personal data, without my permission and without compensation. Got off FB 3 years ago and I do not miss it
Bullshit Mark...
Zuckerberg is full of 💩
Twitter doing the right thing. FB is a loser
Ban political ads Facebook. Man up Zuckerberg. Bravo to Twitter. BanFacebookAds
Wants the almighty 💵 dollar.
Ha!
He’s a horrible human
Wanker
Go away and take that Julius Caesar haircut with you.
I’ll take Facebook over Fake News CNN anyday😉
Liar
Deleted Facebook years ago!
Zuckenberg sucks and Twitter rocks
ZuckerbergIsATool
I wonder who’s behind the attempt to muzzle Facebook. Who might have the most to gain from censoring a candidate with a huge coiffure of campaign funds.
🤑🤑🤑🤑
Accept Facebook isn't providing transparency. Most people won't research to determine what is and what isn't a lie. We know this from 2016. Facebook is supporting trump with this policy and by in CV luding Breitbart because money is more important to them than anything else
Why aren’t the soft media outlets governed by the same rules of publication as traditional outlets with an editor responsible for content’s accuracy?
Facebook should ban biased fakenews cnn
Should we all delete our FB Accounts?
Tool
I wonder how many ads were paid in rubles?
Bullshit show how much money you are making off fake adds. Apparently you're putting money over country. Elizabeth Warren is right your company needs to be regulated and downsized to smaller companies
How much more money do you need zuckerbergER Go away vanilla boy
Its all about money. Political ADS PAYS GOOD. Simply not accept ANY political ADS , problem (partially) solved. Greed give access to fake news and political bullsh------t
Twitter is a joke and wants to suppress voter knowledge by allowing a one sided dialogue. I hope twitter burns.
Its a policy against Trump and his supporters. Ole Mark is a liberal.
facebook because your Russian angel investors require access you will keep political ads.
I'm worried that Facebook might be invading my privacy. Every update, they require, we have no choice but to agree to allow Facebook access to our smartphone's camera & microphone. Why do they need access? Pics are uploaded from the memory card. Makes no sense.
That’s all you care about Mark is the earnings & don’t care how people feel about seeing them all the time.
Horse shit
Zuckerberg is clearly enjoying the limelight. We look forward to another post-election Congress hearing. He will surely be present.
Zuckerberg is ignorant
He likes the $$$
omg, dude just pull a twitter and ban all political ads except for ones reminding people to vote. its that simple. problem fucking solved.
I agree with him . All the democrats do is fake news propaganda just like CNN and we don’t want CNN to be banned . It’s fun to expose liars with facts notcalling them conspiracy theorist or asking them to be banned . Only authoritarian scum bags wants to banned others . Scum
Every time I see this Lovecraftian horror’s face, I really do feel like deleting Facebook.
FB is like Fox Opinion, you see so much of this mind junk it’s literally unreal.
Mark does not care about the truthfulness in those ads. What he really cares about is making money. Greed is such an interesting send! Speechless
If he allows political ads to lie then that propaganda
Facebook has the same relationship with transparemcy that president Trump has with reason.
Really?
He needs to just stop talking,.. his personality is showing too much and it’s not attractive.
Again, says it all really......if they honestly believe this.
BS
I'm agree with Mark Zuckerberg
Clown behavior
Stupid
Zuckerberg is in the pocket of the trump administration!! 🤷♂️🤷♂️
In other words : I like the money. 💰💰💰
Peddling Propaganda is not transparency. Lies are not transparent. Lies divide.
He’s a liar
He's ready to sell people's information again
Zuckerberg defends like Republican: All spin and no basis in fact.
Think again
There is just one solution: DELETE FB!
Deleted my FB 11 months ago
He sounds like POTUS
Nope
Thank you for not bowing down to these politicians who wanted to over reach and control even what we see. I can decide for myself what is true or false. I don’t need the government’s help. All you who support this are blind to the fact that you are letting go of freedom!
Get serious
Facebook stopped showing when posts are false.
DeleteFacebook
He sounds like trump!
Censorship at its finest!!
😂
Political ads is not the problem. The problem is the so called political commentator who do not know politics at all and the people who spread fake news and mainstream news orgs who do not verify the news first or get the both side of the story cause they want to be the first
Democrats will now believe he is a russian...just wait! What happened to DNC after H lost? They see russian in so many things...
Can’t wait for this greedy bloodsucker to be taken down.
Bullshit.
Says the robot in the man suit
Zuckerberg is a crook, and a lier I don't know why people keep listening to him. The Govt continue to allow him to steal from the poor, and do what he wants with them.
Pure Bullshitt
Political Facebook ads are mostly bullshit. Political ads in general, as well.
Simple solution: don’t accept political ads like many digital publishers
What a despicable excuse for a human being. A hollow man.
Lie
He means: Lined pockets are more important
Stupidity is rampant. You don’t have the control to prevent felonies!
Don't want to lose the income, eh Zuck?
DeleteFacebook
Money are root of all evil protecting my foot. you visited the vampires that sucking the blood of innocents Nigeria's there give you money in exchange to blocking every post an comment related with Nigerian government issues
NO Zuckerberg OwnerFacebook banning them is far more important. Even if that means you don't get the revenue from them anymore.
facebook transparency and brazen are NOT THE SAME THING.
Lol
LoL... should have followed up saying Make Facebook great again
Our culture is so messed up that Twitter would ban political ads altogether, because some people use misinformation. Let people figure out the truth. Give us some credit.
Boo this man.
I don’t use Facebook anymore, they never protect users personal data, Facebook isn’t safe.
rubbish
DeleteFacebook
Zuckerberg only cares about $$
Knowingly spreading propaganda by people who can impact the lives of millions of Americans is “transparent...” come fucking on?!?!?
Dream on Zuckerberg. You are becoming like trump. No one likes you anymore.
Oligarch wanna-be.
He is totally clueless and it will cost him
Sounds just like the 'Orange' version of transparency.
It actually is, it’s so hard to get an ad approved, I’ve got couple accounts banned & I was quiet careful selling web design services, made the mistake of adding email signup link, I can only imagine a political campaign issues with sustainable ads, and not risk getting banned
Mark is slowly destroying his own legacy and may end up an actual pariah in history for his stubborn refusal to acknowledge the danger of an “open platform” for anyone to spew stupidity and hate. This is his “tipping point”! Dorsey realized it.
Leftists are so mad they can't control this particular media outlet. They want to control the speech and agenda of Facebook's forum. So propaganda machines like CNN flail around like an angry child.
I'd be willing to bet a couple of beers that Zuck wouldn't be able to tell a real ad from a 'fake' ad on Facebook.
You go Mark!
And.... facebook ..... failed..... Jack has it right...
It’s not often that I agree with Mark Zuckerberg but when I do...
Lies and more lies, he is protecting thousands of fake accounts that just instigate and the inocente people get booked!
DeleteFacebook
That’s zucked up.
In other words - my profits and stock price come before the truth and your democracy. facebookads ZuckerbergTestimony Politics
That’s rather like saying ‘alternative facts’
Putin has Mark Zuckerberg right where he wants him; in his arms.
The only thing that’s transparent, is Zuckerberg’s love of profit over people.
He looks like the devil.
I think he’s right. Better to just allow everything to be out there and let people decide for themselves than to ban certain things.
GREED hey Mark?
And good luck trying to get his IT dept to fix a problem with your page. AsinineFacebook Overrated
😆😅😂🤣
High time to ditch Facebook! Show Zuckerberg his data mining company without people you’ve got nothing!
Liars mad other liars are lying👌🏻
Ratio
Go ahead. Are you going to interfere in the election?
Sure “only 0.5% of our revenue” sounds small when phrased that way, but when that revenue is around $17 billion, 0.5% of that works out to $85 MILLION. I know I’d hesitate giving up $85 million in revenue. If it’s not about the money, what’s it about? Who is he kidding?
Are we going to censor TV commercials by politicians? How about the radio? AOC is using this issue to declare Zuckerberg as an advocate of alleged “white nationalists”. It made her look dumb in the process. Facebook is a business and businesses need to make money to survive.
Zuck is smocking too much dope. There is zero transparency in the way he steals users data and resells it.
Everyone makes smart statement but when it comes to practising it, doom.
Don't you already have enough money Mark? Try making some integrity. Seriously.
Been on Twitter more lately rather than have my head fooled by lies. If it’s not true I don’t want to see it!
Follow the money!!! That is the only reason for his defense!!!
stop taking corrupt politician adds
Fuckerberg!!!!
This dude should have quit while he was ahead.
He’s also ok with people out right lying.
Facebook is garbage!!!
The Zucc is a cuck who runs amuck with his buck, looking down, tryin’ (trying to) pound his enemies to ground(hog). Look it’s me tryin’ (trying to) be Southward G I’m “Fetta— Cheese”
Zuckerberg is really full of it.
I sold my Facebook shares and don't have a Facebook page because I don't trust Zuckerberg any farther than I can throw Trump.
deletefacebook stop being the product
It sure takes courage to face the Liberal Mob. Thank you kanyewest
If FB is held to this standard what about networks, media?
Zuck is just another Russian schill.
so he’s encouraging transparency by spreading lies and propaganda
weasel!!!
Did you vote for Trump? Just wondering... that his election was won on your watch with Russia using your website to hack the election...just saying...
In other words, 'I want more money'.
Zuckerberg has been lying since he was at Harvard when he stole the idea for Facebook from the Winklevoss Twins. He’s been a cheat his whole life😏
I suppose we can all boycott Facebook
Zuckerberg is wrong and his greed is destroying our nation.
That’s a bunch of BS
Liar facebook
Zuckerberg, you are being less than disingenuous. Admit you are beholden to the shareholder to maximize profits and call it a day. Grab some balls.
He’s the worst of them all. Such BS
Did anyone think Mark was a good person with honest intentions? He’s been a scumbag his whole life
Facebook is going to mess the political world if not tamed
Drop all political ads. Follow the lead of Twitter and save the American democracy.
Trump is “Zuckerberg's famous pig''.
You’re a fool, Zuck. Or you think we are. Or both.
Defending these ads is what got you in trouble in the first place💁
Glad I deleted my Facebook.
seems he lose his mind
Fuck that robot
CREAM - what a goon
Facebook literally does not require ads to be truthful. How is that transparent?
So is ISIS the new 1 internet user now that realDonaldTrump is banned from advertising on Twitter?
all roads with trump and zuck lead to putin
THIS BOY BE MAKEING CONSTANT FOOLS OF CONGRESS
Disgrace.