Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies before the House Financial Services Committee ... [+] on Capitol Hill October 23, 2019. “By now Mr. Trump clearly understands that Facebook will not hold him to their clearly stated policies,” O’Malley Dillon said, citing the president’s repeated false claims about mail-in voting that have remained on the platform. The Biden campaign manager called attention to a recent Bloomberg report chronicling how Facebook has reportedly catered to conservatives and Zuckerberg expects Facebook to “fare better” if Trump wins reelection, saying it shows how Facebook is “influenced” by those in power. That’s the percentage of respondents who said social media companies should do more to protect democracy, according to a recent Accountable Tech/GQR Research poll. Before O’Malley Dillon’s letter Monday, the Biden campaign had already been a strong Facebook critic, launching an open petition against the platform’s policies and previously sending a critical letter to Facebook in June.

Source: Forbes September 29, 2020 14:03 UTC