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HeadSet
2019 May 29, 5:59pm
HeadSet
2019 May 29, 5:59pm
I smell a rat here. This obvious doctored parody video does two things -it "proves" Facebook is balanced between Reps and Dems, and it grants Nancy victim-hood status.
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MisdemeanorRebel
2019 May 29, 7:14pm
MisdemeanorRebel
2019 May 29, 7:14pm
All they did was slow down the shit she said. The shit she said, was the shit she said. Therefore, doctored is a stretch because it implies is was manipulated to change the meaning, rather than superficial qualities like tone or speed, of what was said.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says that Facebook has proven, by not taking down a doctored video of her, that they are willing to put up false content and were enablers of Russian interference.
A video of Pelosi that was doctored appeared to show her stumbling over words while speaking at a Center for American Progress event.
Facebook has left the video online where it has received millions of views.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is firing back at Facebook after the social network decided to leave up an edited video that appeared to depict Pelosi stumbling with her speech.
“I think they have proven — by not taking down something they know is false — that they were willing enablers of the Russian interference in our election,” Speaker Pelosi said on KQED News. “We have said all along, poor Facebook, they were unwittingly exploited by the Russians. I think wittingly, because right now they are putting up something that they know is false. I think it’s wrong,” she said.
The doctored Nancy Pelosi video was slowed down to make her seem intoxicated or incapable, and was viewed millions of times after Facebook and Twitter decided to leave it online. The video featured Pelosi speaking at a Center for American Progress event.
Facebook has been blamed for not detecting Russian actors while they were posting fake content in an effort to sway the 2016 election. Facebook continues to take down suspected fake accounts and removed 2.19 billion of them in Q1 2019.
Facebook responded earlier this week to its decision to leave the Pelosi video online.
“There’s a tension here: we work hard to find the right balance between encouraging free expression and promoting a safe and authentic community, and we believe that reducing the distribution of inauthentic content strikes that balance,” a Facebook spokesperson said last week. “But just because something is allowed to be on Facebook doesn’t mean it should get distribution. In other words, we allow people to post it as a form of expression, but we’re not going to show it at the top of News Feed.”
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/05/29/pelosi-facebook-were-willing-enablers-of-the-russian-interference.html