07-23-2018, 03:21 PM
Quote:To an audience of more than two million, Alex Jones uses Facebook to push some of the most dangerous conspiracy theories in American discourse. His InfoWars outlet - you can't in good faith call it news - has called the Sandy Hook massacre a hoax (it wasn't). It said Parkland survivors were crisis actors (they weren't). It claimed a pizza restaurant in Washington DC was the headquarters of a paedophilia ring (it wasn't). Democrats, InfoWars told viewers on Independence Day, are about to declare civil war (they're not). On Tuesday, Facebook was asked by Congress why it continued to allow InfoWars to use its platform. "If they posted sufficient content that it violated our threshold, the page would come down," said Monika Bickert, Facebook's head of policy. "That threshold varies depending on the severity of different types of violations." Earlier in the hearing Ms Bickert said Facebook had a three-strikes policy for inappropriate behaviour. You simply must wonder what it would take for Facebook to consider something a strike against InfoWars. Ms Bickert wouldn't be drawn on anymore details of the "threshold".Hearing exposes Facebook’s toothless 'fake news' policy - BBC News