Zuckerberg Cites Removal of Bolsonaro Post as Example of Facebook Acting Against False Information

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – On Thursday, May 21st, Mark Zuckerberg said that Facebook was removing false information on the coronavirus and cited the removal of a post by Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro as an example.

Facebook removed a claim by Jair Bolsonaro that scientists had “shown” that there was a cure for the coronavirus.

“This is obviously not true, and that is why we removed it. It doesn’t matter who says it,” Zuckerberg said in an interview with British public radio station BBC.

Facebook will remove all content from the platform that causes “immediate damage” to any user, Zuckerberg added.

In late March, Facebook and Instagram removed a video posted by Bolsonaro for violating social media rules.

US Elections

The CEO and founder of the social media company also acknowledged that he was “behind” in the fight against misinformation during the last election campaign in the United States.

He said that preventing electoral interference represents an “arms race” against countries like Russia, Iran, or China.

“Countries will continue to try to interfere, and we will face problems like these, but we have learned a lot since 2016, and I am sure that we can protect the integrity of the next elections”.

Source: AFP

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