To Fight Political Lies, Facebook’s Whole Business Model Has To Change

Speech is not the issue. Targeting is.

Indi Samarajiva
Nov 6 · 3 min read
“I know I’ve made some very poor decisions recently, but I can give you my complete assurance that my work will be back to normal.” (2001: A Space Odyssey)

Here’s what Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in a widely panned speech at Georgetown:

We don’t fact-check political ads. We don’t do this to help politicians, but because we think people should be able to see for themselves what politicians are saying.

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Indi Samarajiva

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Colombo liberal. Writer, father. Founder of YAMU and Kottu.

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