Facebook does not believe it is a primary cause of polarization -exec to CNN
A 3D-printed Fb emblem is seen positioned on a keyboard on this illustration taken March 25, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration//File Photograph
WASHINGTON, Oct 3 (Reuters) – A Fb Inc government stated in an interview on Sunday with CNN that the corporate doesn’t consider that its social media service is a main contributor to the political polarization that has change into widespread in the US.
The corporate’s vp of coverage and international affairs, Nick Clegg, spoke forward of an anticipated Sunday night section on CBS’ “60 Minutes” that includes a whistleblower who alleges the corporate moved too rapidly to raise some election-related restrictions it had put in place across the November 2020 contest.
Clegg acknowledged that the corporate’s platform can function a conduit for hate speech and disinformation.
“The best way individuals change data … now takes place on-line,” he stated within the interview. “So after all, we as one of many largest social media platforms have a accountability to grasp the place we contribute to unfavorable and excessive content material or hate speech or misinformation and so forth.”
The whistleblower is predicted to testify to a Tuesday Senate listening to about what one of many senators saying the assembly known as the social media firm’s poisonous results on younger customers.
Reporting by Scott Malone and Jonathan Landay; Modifying by Steve Orlofsky
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