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A 3D-printed Facebook logo is seen in front of a displayed stock graph in this illustration taken November 3, 2016. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
The $525 billion firm is the favorite punching bag for pols on both sides of the aisle. The latest fracas comes from the camp of Democratic presidential hopeful Elizabeth Warren. The Massachusetts senator’s campaign ran a fake ad on the social network suggesting that Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is endorsing President Donald Trump in the 2020 U.S. election. The point was to highlight Facebook’s failure to fact-check dubious claims in its quest for profit.
But without clear government rules, online platforms make up their own – with messy results. Twitter recently announced it would start flagging posts by public officials that violate their rules but are permitted because they are in the public’s interest. Jack Dorsey’s company, along with Facebook and Alphabet’s Google, declined a request from the campaign of former Vice President Joe Biden to take down a Trump ad making false accusations.
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