1. This is important. Because telling the truth to Congress is important.
Yesterday, @AOC asked Zuckerberg why Facebook had selected The Daily Caller, which has published pieces from white supremacists, as a fact-checking partner.
Yesterday, @AOC asked Zuckerberg why Facebook had selected The Daily Caller, which has published pieces from white supremacists, as a fact-checking partner.
2. Zuckerberg replied: "We actually don't appoint the independent factcheckers. They go through an independent organization called the [International] Factchecking Network"
I asked the director of the International Fact-checking Network (@factchecknet), @baybarsorsek, about that
I asked the director of the International Fact-checking Network (@factchecknet), @baybarsorsek, about that
3. Over Twitter DM, @baybarsorsek confirmed to me that Zuckerberg's answer was FALSE
"We don't appoint any fact-checking org from our verified signatories to work with Facebook," Orsek said
@AOC asked Zuckerberg a tough question & he dodged it by saying something not true
"We don't appoint any fact-checking org from our verified signatories to work with Facebook," Orsek said
@AOC asked Zuckerberg a tough question & he dodged it by saying something not true
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