This week we found out just how disingenuous Facebook has been on enforcement of its rules on hate speech.

@KaraSwisher joins the @newabnormalpod to discuss how its “newsworthy” excuse for not banning Trump was BS.

APPLE: trib.al/HnyS9Rs
SPOTIFY: trib.al/Ja1AwAr
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“Turns out newsworthy was never an element of the decision-making,” @KaraSwisher tells @MollyJongFast. “They just decided not to get rid of him when he violated the terms.” trib.al/5O5OFe3
.@KaraSwisher continues: “[Zuckerberg] doesn’t want to have responsibility for it and he doesn’t want to fix it. And he wants to hand it off to other people. And then give us a speech about free speech, which is like, give me a break.” trib.al/5O5OFe3
But @KaraSwisher isn’t pinning it all on Zuck.

“It’s the fault of our Congress, who actually has power to act in some way and are regulators. They do it in Europe, they do it across the world.” trib.al/5O5OFe3
Plus! New Yorker staff writer @praddenkeefe talks about his new book, “Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Family” and economist Anna Gifty (@itsafronomics) explains why centering economic policies on Black women inevitably benefits everyone trib.al/5O5OFe3

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SPOTIFY: trib.al/Nezvbu1 Image
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SPOTIFY: trib.al/pva0ZUS
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