Facebook Employees Criticize Zuckerberg’s Inaction over Trump

Post by nailer » Tue, Jun 02, 2020, 7:17 AM UTC

cmurf wrote: post #32

nailer wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> The exact wording was a reference to what a police chief in Miami said in 1967 it was meant to evoke that event Really? I'm pretty sure it was meant to /rhyme/.

This is the same attempt at plausible deniability of Republican institutional racism since the Nixon Southern Strategy as clearly, undeniably, articulated by its inventor. https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/exclusive-lee-atwa... Trump peddled a racist lie and conspiracy theory for five years, before he was even in politics. Birtherism. And before that, the Central Park Five. And before that the federal lawsuit…

Exactly re: birtherism and Central Park five. Trump's racism is overt. Not secret messages.

Post by aforwardslash » Tue, Jun 02, 2020, 11:36 AM UTC

mattbrewsbytes wrote: post #28

paulydavis wrote: post #2

Zuckerberg knows he has a large conservative older user base. Losing them I bet is his concern

I think his concern is the amount of money from political campaigns this coming season. If that stuff was fact-checked, they would not be making as much money. The side effect of people internet hating on stuff on FB is lots of ad revenue for FB (aka page views). It doesn't matter what side is what, if things on FB are fact checked then there is likely going to be less sharing since there would be less content.

Political ads are not fact-checked, per FB policy - https://www.facebook.com/business/help/182222309230722

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