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Facebook’s impossible task

By Timothy P. Carney
Published October 31, 2019 1:37pm ET
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Facebook’s impossible task
Mark Zuckerberg, founder and chief executive officer of Facebook Inc., leaves a meeting with members of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Thursday, Sept. 19, 2013. Zuckerberg in April announced the formation of an advocacy group, Fwd.us, to push for more visas for skilled immigrant workers. He pressed that cause yesterday in a meeting with Senator Charles Schumer, a New York Democrat. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images | Bloomberg

Ilhan Omar has called Facebook “a willing agent of the GOP,” declaring that “our democracy is their target.”

Democrats like Omar, Elizabeth Warren, and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez are upset with Facebook for a bunch of reasons. For one thing, Facebook policing of political advertisements is not aggressive enough for these Democrats. Also, AOC is really upset that Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg sometimes dines with conservatives.

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