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Poiuyt

(18,123 posts)
Mon Nov 2, 2020, 04:29 PM Nov 2020

Facebook reportedly exempted Trump's family and allies from its misinformation rules to avoid

Facebook reportedly exempted Trump's family and allies from its misinformation rules to avoid accusations of anti-conservative bias

https://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-trump-family-misinformation-rules-exemption-donald-trump-jr-2020-11?utm_source=reddit.com

• Facebook has repeatedly let President Donald Trump's family members and allies off the hook for breaking its policies, The Washington Post reported.
• Current and former Facebook employees told The Post that the company held off on taking action because it feared accusations of anti-conservative bias.
• Two former employees told The Post that Facebook last year removed a strike against Donald Trump Jr.'s Instagram account that could have resulted in penalties.
• Facebook has been battling allegations of anti-conservative bias from Trump and Republican lawmakers.

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Facebook reportedly exempted Trump's family and allies from its misinformation rules to avoid (Original Post) Poiuyt Nov 2020 OP
Oops, looks like they forgot about the PRO-conservative bias part Blue Owl Nov 2020 #1
Anyone here still think fuckbook is a good thing?? They are no better than fux snooz Thekaspervote Nov 2020 #2
Seems about right. Always afraid of the Screaming Right StClone Nov 2020 #3
I took Twitter and Facebook off my phone 8 weeks ago. Life is good again TeamPooka Nov 2020 #4
Zuckerberg is a fascist so no surprise. BannonsLiver Nov 2020 #5
oh please...why not own it? stillcool Nov 2020 #6
I'm shocked. Shocked! crickets Nov 2020 #7

StClone

(11,683 posts)
3. Seems about right. Always afraid of the Screaming Right
Mon Nov 2, 2020, 04:35 PM
Nov 2020

Instead of the following their own rules and have a backbone they capitulate to Mouth Man.

TeamPooka

(24,225 posts)
4. I took Twitter and Facebook off my phone 8 weeks ago. Life is good again
Mon Nov 2, 2020, 04:38 PM
Nov 2020

I still have it on my desktop if I need to go there but not having it in my pocket has made all the difference.

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