Zuckerberg takes swipe at Twitter for fact-checking Trump

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Zuckerberg takes swipe at Twitter for fact-checking Trump

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Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey has defended the platform’s decision to fact-check Donald Trump’s tweets after Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg questioned the move.

I just believe strongly that Facebook shouldn’t be the arbiter of truth of everything that people say online

Zuckerberg has now also weighed into the argument, telling Fox News that Facebook had a different approach and that private companies such as social media sites should not be the “arbiter of truth”.

Transparency ‘critical’

Dorsey stood by Twitter’s decision, saying the site would continue to flag misinformation and also defended his staff after some were targeted by supporters of Trump in the wake of Twitter’s fact-checking.

Under those tweets, there is now a link which reads “Get the facts about mail-in ballots” and guides users to a Twitter page with fact checks and news stories about Trump’s unsubstantiated claims.

The US president has since renewed his criticism of social media and the wider tech industry, claiming in a further tweet that such companies were trying to “censor” him.

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