The House Speaker is reportedly still salty at Facebook for leaving a fake video of her on the site
Pelosi to “discuss how his company handles viral misinformation,” but she’s declined to call him back, uninterested in his explanation of Facebook’s decision-making process, according to sources familiar with the overture. After Facebook made it clear it would not be removing the fake video, Pelosi, speaking to KQED News, said the company’s actions proved it actively contributed to Russia’s disinformation push during the 2016 election.
While Facebook said it had reduced the clip’s appearance in people’s News Feeds and added a pop-up box telling users there was “additional reporting” on the video, nowhere was it made clear that the video had been outright distorted. “For me, I’m in the arena, I’ve been the target all along,” Pelosi added. But “I wonder what they would do if Mark Zuckerberg wasn’t portrayed, you know, slowed down, made to look” drunk, she said.
The chilliness between Zuckerberg and the most powerful Democrat in Washington reflects the tension between Congress and the tech giant over its efforts—or lack thereof—to do something, anything, about the viral spread of misinformation. As thenotes, an increasing number of Democratic presidential candidates have called for regulation of Facebook and its competitors, with some going so far as to demand the companies be broken up.
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