Hillary Clinton criticized Facebook’s political advertisement policy after the company announced it would not remove false or misleading advertisements.
Over the past few weeks, Facebook received pushback on its political advertising policies after the company announced that it would not remove candidates advertisements, even if the advertisement is proven false.
On Wednesday, Clinton called the policy “appalling” and claimed it would lead to “a world where democracy can’t thrive.”
Facebook’s decision to allow false information in political advertisements is appalling.
Voters are being confronted by millions of pieces of misinformation.
A world where up is down and down is up is a world where democracy can’t thrive.
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) October 30, 2019
Clinton was not alone in criticizing Facebook’s policy. More than 200 employees signed a letter condemning the decision, as well.
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has stood by the policy and noted that he doesn’t believe technology companies should make validity decisions that could influence elections.
“People worry, and I worry deeply, too, about an erosion of truth. At the same time, I don’t think people want to live in a world where you can only say things that tech companies decide are 100 percent true,” he said. “And I think that those tensions are something we have to live with.”
After her loss to President Trump in 2016, Clinton blamed misinformation on websites like Facebook. She claimed Facebook allowed “Trump propaganda” to circulate on the website throughout the election.
