{"id":37898,"date":"2019-10-11T10:42:03","date_gmt":"2019-10-11T17:42:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=37898"},"modified":"2019-10-11T10:42:03","modified_gmt":"2019-10-11T17:42:03","slug":"flush-fakebook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2019\/10\/11\/flush-fakebook\/","title":{"rendered":"Flush Fakebook!"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve been encouraging folks to flush Facebook for a long time.  At first I was appalled that so many good progressive political blogs died, because their authors were sucked into Facebook’s maw of mindless pap.  They started to ignore their blogs, and finally stopped writing.  Then it was because the majority of content from there seemed pro-Republican.  And most recently it was because Facebook worked hand in hand with Russia to help Trump steal the 2016 election.  But now, it’s so extreme that I’ve decided to call them Fakebook from now on.  Here’s why.<\/font><\/p>\n

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President Donald Trump\u2019s reelection campaign is running a false ad about former Vice President Joe Biden on Facebook, and there\u2019s nothing the company is going to do about it. It doesn\u2019t bode well for what\u2019s to come in 2020 and social media platforms\u2019 willingness to act on the spread of misinformation. <\/p>\n

The Trump campaign has released a 30-second video ad accusing the former vice president of promising Ukraine money for firing a prosecutor investigating a company with ties to Biden\u2019s son, Hunter Biden \u2014 essentially, the false conspiracy<\/a> at the center of the impeachment inquiry<\/a> President Trump is now facing. CNN refused to air<\/a> the ad because there is no evidence for the claims it is making<\/strong>. But not Facebook \u2014 or multiple other tech platforms and media outlets<\/a> like YouTube, Twitter, MSNBC, and Fox, for that matter. Instead, the Menlo Park, California-based company is going to let it stay \u2014 and rack up millions of views in the process<\/strong>. <\/p>\n

The Biden campaign asked Facebook to take the ad down, but the platform said it\u2019s a no-go. The New York Times<\/a> first obtained a letter from Facebook to Biden\u2019s camp on Tuesday responding to its request to remove the video, explaining that despite its false claims, it doesn\u2019t actually violate any of Facebook\u2019s policies<\/strong>. <\/p>\n

\u201cOur approach is grounded in Facebook\u2019s fundamental belief in free expression, respect for the democratic process, and the belief that, in mature democracies with a free press, political speech is already arguably the most scrutinized speech there is,\u201d Facebook\u2019s head of global elections policy, Katie Harbath, wrote in the letter<\/strong>…   [emphasis added<\/em>]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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To be fair, lets examine the mindset of the Fakebook exec that wrote the letter.  Before becoming Fakebook’s Associate Manager for Policy, according to the Washington Post<\/a>, she was Chief Digital Stratevest for the National Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee, Deputy eCampaign Director Rudy Giuliani for President, and Deputy Director of eCommunications at the Republican National Committee.  Although her view might be jist a little biased, I must admit that what she said about Fakebook’s policy is true. But just last month, it would have been a lie.<\/font><\/p>\n

According to the Guardian<\/a>, Facebook just changed their policy to allow Trump’s Fake news.<\/font><\/p>\n

To bring this about Trump and Fuckerberg got together and made a deal.  Chris Hayes has that story.<\/font><\/p>\n

Facebook: President Donald Trump Can Lie All He Wants<\/a> <\/p>\n