Facebook promised Trump it wouldn't fact-check political speech, according to a new book

Mashable

20 Sep 2021 0 shares 1 views

Facebook promised Trump it wouldn't fact-check political speech, according to a new book

Facebook promised Trump it wouldn't fact-check political speech, according to a new book

Mashable

Published 20 Sep 2021

Did Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg promise then-President Trump that it wouldn't fact-check political speech?

According to a new book The Contrarian by reporter Max Chafkin on Trump supporter Peter Thiel, Zuckerberg did just that in order to avoid new regulations from the Trump administration.

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