First they accused Facebook of promoting ‘fake news’. Then, they accuse Facebook of giving ad space to hate group. But now, they say Facebook was in bed with the Russians, which helped Trump win. Is this the Facebook political witch hunt?
I don’t know if you read Hilary Clinton’s new book or not. But she’s still obviously didn’t get over last year’s loss. However, we learned Former President Barak Obama spoke out on the matter. Two months before Trump’s inauguration, Obama told Zuckerberg to take fake news seriously. Obama also told him unless the threat is dealt with, it will threaten more elections in the future. Zuckerberg admitted fake news is a problem. But he also said it will not be an easy fix.
After the election, and after Zuckerberg and Obama’s talk, Facebook looked further into accounts started during that bitter campaign. He and his team believe those who started those pages had financial, if not political, motives. However, they still don’t know whether it did, or didn’t, come from Russia. However, some US law enforcement leaders insist Russia led a major propaganda attack. In February 2017, Zuckerberg wrote a 6,000 word speech. He vowed to fight Facebook’s dark side. He called it, “Building Global Community”.
Now he has people on the other side upset. Facebook already took actions to fight hatred. But many argue such actions are leading to censorship. And many more, myself included, say Facebook could be stepping out of bounds. What if they call anything Zuckerberg doesn’t like ‘hate speech’? Also, what if anybody who doesn’t follow somebody’s political rhetoric ‘hate speech’? ?Some already complain they’re being censored because their talks and post are too ‘controversial’. Is this the Facebook political witch hunt? Are we really fighting hatred and political corruption? Or is this the modern day McCarthy witch hunts?