Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’Almost Heaven, West Virginia ‘- Joe Manchin and a 50-50 New York AG Senate sue NYPD over excessive violence against Black Lives Matter Capitol riots MORE (DN.Y.) condemned Facebook as well as co-founder and CEO Friday Mark Zuckerberg
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In her monthly lively town hall for voters, the progressive congressman said that although Facebook “trying to do as much damage control as possible ”in the wake of the mob attack by removing accounts that provide false information about the 2020 election, which served as the basis for the violent protest, Ocasio-Cortez said the consequences of online misinformation “will come a long way.”
“I believe this is directly related to the complete lack of accountability that monopolies like Facebook have to democracy,” the New York representative said in the virtual event, adding that the social media giant “knew” that there was misinformation was on his platform and ‘allowed’ anyway.
Ocasio-Cortez referred to a viral moment in a congressional hearing in October 2019 when she questioned Zuckerberg about the possibility of widespread misinformation in political ads, with the congresswoman saying on Friday that it should have spurred the head of Facebook to act until the 2020 election. .
“Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook bear partial responsibility for the events on Wednesday. Period, ”she argued. “We knew it was a problem. We have known so far that I, pre-COVID, specifically asked him about the disinformation of the election and its ties on Facebook with white supremacist organizations and the ties that Facebook’s fact-checking organizations have with other white supremacist outlets , so that they can avoid being flagged. and decreased.
“There’s a very clear link here,” the congresswoman added.
After the violent mob, Facebook has an indefinite suspension of President Trump
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Facebook announced Friday that this is the case no longer allow people to create new opportunities near the White House, the Capitol or the State Capitols until after the inauguration, with the FBI warning of possible future violence amid the presidential transition.
This came after Facebook said Monday it would decrease content which contains the phrase “Stop the stealing” under the policy on coordinating damage following the deadly riot at the Capitol last week. The phrase was used to advance scrapped claims about widespread electoral fraud, which were bolstered before the uprising by Trump and other Republican lawmakers.
An analysis released Thursday by nonprofit law firm Avaaz found it 90 groups on Facebook the promotion of scrapped election applications remained on the platform from Wednesday.
Ocasio-Cortez has repeatedly called on social media platforms to take action to prevent the spread of false information online, and on Tuesday An Instagram Live V&A that she was investigating media literacy initiatives following the Capitol mob attack.
“We’ll have to figure out how to keep our media environment in check so you can not just spit out misinformation and misinformation,” she said in the video. “It’s one thing to have different opinions, but it’s another thing to just say false things.”