MSNBC The Rachel Maddow Show October 26, 2021 08:43:00
Campaign, facebook announced that any ad paid for by a political candidate would be exempt from facebook's fact checking protocols. the practical implication of that is exactly what you think, politicians were formally allowed on facebook to spread any lie they wanted about their opponents with total impunity. that, for example, is how donald trump was allowed to run facebook ads falsely accusing joe biden of corruption. with her deliberately transparently false ads, senator warren set out not only to test the system but also to demonstrate how dangerous facebook could be with only stupid rule...