Facebook’s Fact-Check Scandal Is a Symptom of Something Bigger

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Nov 4 · 6 min read

Facebook’s policy on political ads is no different than those of campaign commercials, but the social network’s size and scale makes the debate more serious.

By Adam Smith

On October 23, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg was summoned to Capitol Hill, ostensibly to give details about the company’s Libra cryptocurrency. Instead, questions…

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