Book Says Zuckerberg Agreed to Not Fact Check Posts

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Book Says Zuckerberg Agreed to Not Fact Check Posts

September 20, 2021 at 10:00 am EDT By Taegan Goddard 66 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2021/09/20/book-says-zuckerberg-agreed-to-not-fact-check-political-posts/

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Venture capitalist and Facebook board member Peter Thiel told an associate that Mark Zuckerberg agreed to not fact-check political posts if the Trump administration would steer clear of any “heavy-handed regulations,” New York magazine reports.

The anecdote is revealed in The Contrarian: Peter Thiel and Silicon Valley’s Pursuit of Power.

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[NullTuples]

1. Some would call that collusion, or worse.

Only really matters if it's prosecuted. So far, we've seen exceedingly little prosecution from the Trump era. Not the atrocities, and certainly not things like grifting, bribes and collusion.

[luv2fly]

2. Since Facebook is its users

Good patriots will leave the platform and denounce it.

[NullTuples]

3. I'd prefer a solution that's a little less Free Market & more gov't regulation