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False information you are spreading. >> we have a site where people can come and share what they think what's important to them, the news that they find relevant. and when they do that, we want to make sure that they have access to accurate information. if there is a threat of safety, if we're talking about terror propaganda, that's something where we can actually assess that on its face and say, yes, this is terror propaganda and we can pull it down. when you're talking about political discourse -- >> so political propaganda -- >> -- related to safety -- >> uh-huh, okay. >> if it's misinforma...

Is working. >> if you have the scale, though, to be able to remove over the course of six months, 3.39 billion fake accounts and you have the scale to remove, i think -- you i.d.'d -- in that six-month period, 83% of accounts or comments that were selling drugs or doing something illegal or promoting something illegal, you certainly have the scale to decide something that you know is clearly fake. it's not even a question. i guess i still just don't logically understand -- i understand it's a big business to get into of trying to figure out what's true or not, but you're making money by being ...

Come to facebook, you have to use your real identity. that's always been our rule. and we do see that accounts that are fake are engaged in safety violations more than authentic accounts. and by the way, and this is probably not shocking, fake accounts are also more likely to distribute misinformation or fake news. and so part of our effort to combat misinformation, it's not just about working with third party fact checkers. when we remove fake accounts, we are also reducing the chance that these accounts will be sharing misinformation. and i would point out that this is working. >> if you hav...

But it's not okay to remove a clearly fake video? >> because we're focused -- when we look at our community standards, those are about keeping the community safe. >> well, how are fake facebook accounts dangerous? >> fake accounts -- we do see that fake accounts engage in safety violations more than accounts that are real. >> 3.39 billion of them are promoting violence? i mean -- >> it's a fundamental -- no, that's not what i said. it's a fundamental rule when you come to facebook, you have to use your real identity. that's always been our rule. and we do see that accounts that are fake are en...

It's not even a question. i guess i still just don't logically understand -- i understand it's a big business to get into of trying to figure out what's true or not, but you're makie ing money by being the news business. if you can't do it well, shouldn't you just get out of the news business? >> look, i reject the notion that we're not doing a lot to counter misinformation -- >> i didn't say you're not doing a lot, i'm just saying, if you are -- you are in this particular case, spreading and allowing the spread of a clearly false doctored video. again, you're in the news business. there's a r...