Representative. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez “Almost Heaven, West Virginia” – Joe Manchin and a New York AG 50-50 Senate sue NYPD for excessive force in Black Lives Matter protests riot MORE (DN.Y.) on Friday condemned Facebook as well as co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg
Mark Elliot Zuckerberg “Nationalizes” Facebook and Twitter as Public Goods Amazon cites death threats to keep Parler offline Trump hits social media companies after banning his accounts. MORE for misinformation posted on the platform, claiming that both Zuckerberg and his company “bear partial responsibility” for the deadly January 6 pro-Trump deadly revolt at the Capitol.
In the monthly livestream town hall for the electorate, the progressive congresswoman said that although Facebook is “trying to do as much damage control as possible ”following the mob attack by removing accounts that post false information about the 2020 elections, which served as the basis for the violent demonstration, Ocasio-Cortez said the effects of online misinformation “have been around for a long time.”
“I think this is directly related to the total lack of responsibility that monopolies like Facebook have for democracy,” the New York representative said at the virtual event, adding that the social media giant “knew” that there was misinformation on its platform and “allowed” it anyway.
Ocasio-Cortez then referred to a viral moment in a congressional hearing in October 2019, when he asked Zuckerberg about the potential for widespread misinformation in political announcements, and the congresswoman said Friday that this should have been done. causes the Facebook boss to take action before the 2020 elections.
“Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook have a partial responsibility for Wednesday’s events. The period “, she argued. “I knew this was a problem. I knew this so far that, pre-COVID, I specifically asked him about the election misinformation and its links on Facebook with white supremacist organizations and the links that fact-finding organizations have with other supremacist workplaces. white so that they can be avoided. and demolished.
“There is a very clear link here,” she added.
Following the violent mafia, Facebook announced an indefinite suspension of President Trump
Donald Trump, the head of the CIA, has threatened to resign due to pressure to install the loyalist Trump as a deputy: the Azar report, in a letter of departure, states that the Capitol revolt threatens to “tarnish” the administration’s achievements Trump should receive immunity from the rape accuser’s trialthe account at least until the president-elect Joe Biden
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Facebook announced on Friday that it is it no longer allows people to create new events near the White House, the Chapter or the State Chapters until after the inauguration, with the FBI warning of possible future violence amid the presidential transition.
This came after Facebook said Monday It would be remove the content which contains the phrase “Stop the Steal” in its policy of coordinating the injury after the deadly riot at the Capitol last week. The phrase was used to promote discredited allegations of widespread electoral fraud, which were fueled by Trump and other Republican lawmakers before the uprising.
However, an analysis released Thursday by nonprofit advocacy group Avaaz found that 90 groups on Facebook the promotion of rejected electoral demands has remained on the platform since Wednesday.
Ocasio-Cortez has repeatedly called on social media platforms to take action to prevent the spread of false information online, and said Tuesday in an Instagram Live Q&A that he is exploring media literacy initiatives following the Capitol mob attack.
“We’ll have to figure out how to curb our media so you can’t just throw out misinformation and misinformation,” she said in the video. “It’s one thing to have different opinions, but it’s another thing to just say things that are false.”