Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg remained defiant in a "CBS This Morning" interview airing Monday on the social media giant posting political ads containing false information.
The big picture: Per Axios' Scott Rosenberg, Facebook's policy lets politicians make virtually any claim they want, in ads or posts, including repeating verbatim a false claim that has already been labeled elsewhere as false.
What they're saying: In CBS host Gayle King's interview with Zuckerberg and his wife, pediatrician Priscilla Chan, the Facebook co-founder said, "I don't think that a private company should be censoring politicians or news."
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Mark Zuckerberg on political ads“I don't think that a private company should be censoring politicians or news." In their first joint TV interview, Mark Zuckerberg & Priscilla Chan invite Gayle King into their home to talk about Facebook & the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative. Beginning Monday on CBS This Morning.
Posted by CBS News on Sunday, December 1, 2019
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