Facebook’s Plan to Police the Truth

The Daily

The New York Times

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🗓️ 20 July 2018

⏱️ 27 minutes

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The last time Facebook came under such intense scrutiny was when Mark Zuckerberg, the company’s chief executive, defended himself before Congress in April. But his latest policy on false news has turned the spotlight back to the social media giant. Guest: Kevin Roose, who covers technology for The New York Times. For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily.

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0:25.6	From the New York Times, I'm Michael Barbaro.
0:32.6	This is The Daily.
0:39.6	Today, the last time Facebook was under intense scrutiny was when Mark Zuckerberg had to defend
0:46.6	himself in front of Congress.
0:48.6	Now, he's bringing scrutiny back on Facebook with his plan to police the truth.
0:55.6	It's Friday, July 20th.
1:03.6	We welcome everyone today's hearing on Facebook's social media privacy and the use and abuse
1:16.8	of data.
1:20.8	In April, we saw Mark Zuckerberg testifying on Capitol Hill about Cambridge Analytica, this
1:27.2	data firm that had gotten illicit user data and was using it to help among other people
1:33.2	the Trump campaign.
1:34.2	Kevin Rusk covers technology for the times.
1:37.3	We didn't take a broad enough view of our responsibility, and that was a big mistake.
1:42.8	And it was my mistake, and I'm sorry.
1:45.5	And what resulted from those hearings was sort of a parade of grievances.
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