CNN’s Anderson Cooper repeatedly pressed Facebook’s head of global policy management on Friday over the company’s decision to not remove a video featuring Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi that was doctored to make her look and sound intoxicated.
The video, which has been seen millions of times in just a few days, shows Pelosi speaking at an event but was altered to slow her speech so that it sounds like she is slurring her words. In addition to its viewership on Facebook, the video has surfaced on Twitter and YouTube, the latter of which removed it from their platform over concerns about misinformation.
Cooper questioned Bickert over whether this was an appropriate editorial decision, and even whether Facebook should be in the news business to begin with.In a CNN Exclusive, Monika Bickert, Facebook VP for Product Policy and Counterterrorism, explains why the social media site hasn't removed a manipulated video of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. https://t.co/tr9QRDcAZE pic.twitter.com/fOeMQaepSu
Facebook has come under fire for its unclear application of rules relating to misinformation on the platform. The social media company consults with news organizations to provide fact checking services and has content policies to guard against unwelcome content, but misinformation has long been a gray area for enforcement. Videos may be flagged as containing false or doctored content and the company has attempted to minimize the reach of such videos without removing them altogether.
But they remove anything with nipples! 🤦♂️
Facebook fail. As long as it gets clicks
It’s confirmed fake news. Why keep spreading it? Facebook has made some questionable decisions but in this climate this one defies logic. Getting harder to support Facebook
that video is fake news
Real or doctored video of both still look like she’s a drunk lush!
“Facebook, are you going to start combatting FakeNews?” “....NAAAHHHHHHHH.”
BreakUpFacebook
And I am defending my decision to DeleteFacebook
Facebook’s inaction invites big producers of FakeNews, like Russia to keep making more political FakeNews
'I'm a very stable genius.'
Trump WhiteHouse Pelosivideo
delete
It will allow a doctored video, but it forced authors to stop posting under their pen names. Seems contradictory to me.
skorpyos1 They are White Nationalists. They will Obey their figure head Donald Trump.
Facebook's ridiculous reasoning for not taking down the altered video of Speaker Pelosi was an embarrassment to the company as Anderson Cooper shredded the spokesperson during the painful interview! Just take it down!
Hilarious that ppl want videos they don’t like deleted. Facebook is not speech police. Millions of fake videos out there on Facebook, where was the msm?
She failed pretty hard.
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