Facebook CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, has criticized Twitter after the microblogging platform fact-checked a tweet of President Donald Trump that claimed mail-in voting increases voter fraud.
Twitter tagged Trump’s tweets with the message reading, “Get the facts about mail-in ballots.”
The message linked to a page contradicting Trump’s assertions.
Studies have not shown evidence of widespread voter fraud via absentee ballots in the past.
Twitter’s action marked the first time the platform has ever marked any of Trump’s tweets as misleading.
“We have a different policy, I think, than Twitter on this,” Zuckerberg said.
“I just believe strongly that Facebook shouldn’t be the arbiter of truth of everything that people say online. In general, private companies probably shouldn’t be, especially these platform companies, shouldn’t be in the position of doing that,” Zuckerberg added.
“We’ve built a robust integrity team, strengthened our policies and practices to limit harmful content and used research to understand our platform’s impact on society so we continue to improve.
Just this past February we announced $2M in funding to support independent research proposals on polarization,” a Facebook spokesperson told The Verge when asked about the report.
Republicans feel that Social Media Platforms totally silence conservatives voices.
