116th Congress

[nsacpi]

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said Wednesday that Facebook’s refusal to take down an altered video of her shows that the company’s leaders were active contributors to online disinforrmation and “willing enablers" of Russian interference in the 2016 election.

Pelosi’s comments to KQED News, her first public response to the video since it began spreading online last week, revealed a dramatic escalation of tensions between the Democratic leader and the world’s most popular social network.

“We have said all along, poor Facebook, they were unwittingly exploited by the Russians. I think wittingly, because right now they are putting up something that they know is false. I think it’s wrong,” she said, according to KQED. “I can take it ... But [Facebook is] lying to the public.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/techn...=.bf39f9da2294

interesting take by Nancy on FB as a witting collaborator

[cajunrevenge]

Why is FB obligated to take it down?

[nsacpi]

Why is FB obligated to take it down?

I don't think they are obligated to do so. They have a business model that is legal and has served them well. So far. It is up to them to make the call on whether to regulate content.

If you go to the reader comments sections of various news organizations, they each have their own policy. And it really should be up to them. WSJ, WaPo, NYTimes all have different policies on posting comments. I wouldn't say one is better than the other. Just different. Some are more troll friendly, which can be an amusing side benefit.

[cajunrevenge]

This better not effect my Trumptallica videos. Make America Metal Again.