“He’s part of this problem”: AOC says Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook are “partially responsible” for the Capitol revolt and says Congress should hold tech titans accountable because they “allowed it.”
- Speaking during a town hall meeting on Friday, AOC said Facebook was “trying to do as much damage control as possible.”
- AOC convened the congressional hearing where Zuckerberg and other big tech giants testified about how they dealt with misinformation
- He stated of Mark: ‘He is part of this problem. And Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook are partly responsible for Wednesday’s events, period. ”
Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) attributed the partial blame to Facebook and Mark Zuckerberg for last week’s riot at the Capitol, highlighting the doubts he raised last year when he challenged the attack on the disinformation of the Social Networks.
Speaking during a town hall meeting on Friday, Ocasio-Cortez said Facebook was “trying to do as much damage control as possible.”
“But they knew it,” he said. “Not only did they know it, but they allowed it.”
Speaking during a town hall meeting on Friday, AOC said Facebook was “trying to do as much damage control as possible.”
AOC kicked off the congressional hearing where Zuckerberg and other big tech giants testified about how they were tackling misinformation ahead of the 2020 presidential election.
“We knew that was a problem,” he said. “We knew this until now that before COVID, I asked him specifically about election misinformation and its links to Facebook with white supremacist organizations and the ties that‘ fact control organizations ’had with other white supremacist outlets. .. I would not answer. So here is a very clear link “.
He stated of Mark: ‘He is part of this problem. And Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook are partly responsible for Wednesday’s events, period. ”
AOC convened the congressional hearing where Zuckerberg and other big tech giants testified about how they dealt with misinformation
Supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump are protesting inside the U.S. Capitol on January 6th
He stated of Mark: ‘He is part of this problem. And Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook are partly responsible for Wednesday’s events, period. “
After the Capitol riots, Facebook suspended Trump’s access to his page.
Facebook Director of Operations Sheryl Sandberg has tried to distance the platform from any blame for the attack on DC.
Facebook’s chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg has tried to distance the platform from any blame for the DC attack
Speaking to Reuters, Sandberg said Facebook had already removed QAnon, the Proud Boys and the #StoptheSteal mention from the platform.
“Our app is never perfect, so I’m sure there are still things on Facebook … I think these events were largely organized on platforms that don’t have our hate-stopping skills and don’t have our standards and they don’t ”. We don’t have our transparency, ’he said.
AOC’s statements come when Facebook has announced that it will review all events related to the inauguration and remove those that violate the site’s policies. They will also block events created in the United States by accounts and pages based abroad.
“We are monitoring for signs of violence or other threats in Washington, DC and the 50 states,” Facebook said in a statement, CBS News reports. “… as we did in the weeks following the presidential election, we are promoting accurate information about elections and violence in the Capitol rather than content that our systems predict may be less accurate, delegitimize elections, or portray riots as victims. “