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Spokespeople for Nancy Pelosi and Facebook got into a Twitter spat over an edited video of Trump's State of the Union video: 'What planet are you living on?'

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On Thursday, Trump posted a video edited to show Pelosi repeatedly ripping up his State of the Union speech. An ensuing argument between the spokesman and the Facebook rep highlighted a massive gray area around moderating misleading content.The contentious debate over moderating misleading content on social media was reignited this week after President Trump posted a video of Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi that appeared to show her repeatedly ripping up a copy of the president's State of the Union speech.

 

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I’ve always felt that yes, absolutely social media companies should be responsible for curtailing false information on their platforms, but more importantly the user should be held to the highest level of accountability for putting false info out there—criminally charged/fined.

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