Facebook’s leaders have come under fire for choosing profit over health, drawing comparisons to Big Tobacco. On “Reliable Sources” Sunday, CNN chief media correspondent Brian Stelter asked if this scandal is different from others the tech company has faced.
“Is it prudent to have one person in his 30s have so much unquestioned influence over an institution like this?” James Fallows, author of “Breaking the News” and contributor to the Atlantic asked on “Reliable Sources” Sunday.
“Their top policy executive is blanketing Sunday shows,” Axios media reporter Sara Fischer said of multiple interviews with Facebook’s head of global communications, Nick Clegg. “That never happens.”
Facebook’s stock has dropped more than 12% since early September, signaling a “reputational change” for the company.
“I never see the stock take a prolonged dip like that in response to this sort of political news,” Fischer said.
As he has done in prior interviews, Clegg denied that Facebook had any responsibility for inciting or promoting the Jan. 6 insurrection at the US Capitol.
On CNN’s “State of the Union” Sunday, Clegg claimed that removing the algorithms would spread more misinformation and hate.
“Given we have thousands of algorithms and millions of people using this, I can’t give you yes or no answer to the individual personalized feeds that each person uses,” Clegg said.
“If lawmakers want to set down rules for us and for TikTok and for Youtube and for Twitter about exactly how young people should operate online, we’ll of course abide by the law,” Clegg said. “I think it’s right that this is a…
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