Mark Zuckerberg spoke about free speech as a driver of social change and the urgent content policy issues facing Facebook.
Questions about how Facebook Inc. regulates speech are nothing new for Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg. But in recent days, the scrutiny has ratcheted up as the social networking giant has clarified how it will, and won’t, police the pronouncements of politicians.
Speaking to an auditorium full of students at Georgetown University’s Gaston Hall in Washington, Zuckerberg emphasized the importance of giving individuals a voice as an engine for social change. He said Facebook, with its enormous size and scale, offers people a new kind of power, which he called “a fifth estate alongside the other power structures in our society.”
The company’s decisions have often been controversial, putting Facebook in a constant defensive posture with many government leaders who either think it is doing too much or not enough to police its properties.allows election advertisements to contain false information
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