“He’s part of this problem”: AOC says Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook are “partially responsible” for the Capitol riot and says Congress should hold tech titans accountable for “allowing”
- Speaking at a town hall meeting on Friday, AOC said Facebook was “trying to control as much damage as possible.”
- AOC held a congressional meeting in which Zuckerberg and other big tech giants testified about how they approached misinformation
- She said of Mark: “He is part of this problem. Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook also bear partial responsibility for Wednesday’s events, period ‘
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) blamed Facebook and Mark Zuckerberg for part of last week’s riot at the Capitol, highlighting the troubles it raised last year when it challenged the social attack on disinformation.
Speaking at a town hall meeting on Friday, Ocasio-Cortez said Facebook was “trying to control as much damage as possible.”
“But they knew,” she said. “Not only did they know, but they allowed themselves.”
Speaking at a town hall meeting on Friday, AOC said Facebook was “trying to control as much damage as possible.”
The AOC held a congressional hearing in which Zuckerberg and other big tech giants testified about how they approached misinformation until the 2020 presidential election.
“I knew this was a problem,” she said. “I knew this so far that pre-COVID specifically asked him about the election misinformation and its links on Facebook with white supremacist organizations and the links that ‘fact-finding organizations’ had with other points. white supremacists … and he wouldn’t answer me. So there is a very clear connection here.
She said of Mark: “He is part of this problem. And Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook have a partial responsibility for Wednesday’s events.
AOC held a congressional meeting in which Zuckerberg and other big tech giants testified about how they approached misinformation
Supporters of US President Donald Trump are protesting inside the US Capitol on January 6
She said of Mark: “He is part of this problem. Both Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook bear partial responsibility for Wednesday’s events, period ‘
Following the Capitol riots, Facebook suspended Trump’s access to his page.
Facebook’s chief operating officer, Sheryl Sandberg, tried to distance the platform from any blame for the DC attack.
Facebook’s chief operating officer, Sheryl Sandberg, has tried to distance the platform from any blame for the DC attack
Speaking to Reuters, Sandberg said that Facebook has already removed QAnon, Proud Boys and the #StoptheSteal mention from the platform.
“Our implementation is never perfect, so I’m sure there were things on Facebook … I think these events were largely organized on platforms that don’t have our skills to stop hatred and don’t have our standards. and not. ”“ We don’t have our transparency, ”she said.
The AOC’s comments come as Facebook announced that it will review all events related to the inauguration and eliminate those that violate the site’s policies. They will also block events created in the US by foreign accounts and pages.
“We monitor for signs of violence or other threats in both Washington, DC and all 50 states,” Facebook said in a statement. “… as we did in the weeks after the presidential election, we promote accurate information about the election and the violence in the Capitol, instead of content that our systems present that may be less accurate, delegitimize the election or describe it the rebels as victims. ‘