Joe Biden’s campaign slammed Facebook and its “inaction” regarding voting misinformation spread by President Donald Trump and his allies Monday—sending a letter to CEO Mark Zuckerberg assailing the platform’s “storm of disinformation”
, O’Malley Dillon called Facebook “the nation’s foremost propagator of disinformation about the voting process,” saying that while the company has pledged to take a “more aggressive approach” to voting disinformation, that promise “is serving as nothing more than an excuse for inaction.”expanding the voting-related misinformation that violates its policies, but has refused to take down recent posts by Trump and Donald Trump Jr.
“By now Mr. Trump clearly understands that Facebook will not hold him to their clearly stated policies,” O’Malley Dillon said, citing the president’s repeated false claims about mail-in voting that have remained on the platform.chronicling how Facebook has reportedly catered to conservatives and Zuckerberg expects Facebook to “fare better” if Trump wins reelection, saying it shows how Facebook is “influenced” by those in power.
O’Malley Dillon also attacked Facebook’s algorithm that results in far-right publications like the Daily Caller frequently becoming the most popular on Facebook, likening it to thetargeting “every person who glanced at its cover in the supermarket checkout line with endless mailings” and saying Trump and his allies are “hijacking” it to “sow distrust in our democracy.”“As you say, ‘voting is voice.
. The poll also found that 62% of respondents are not confident in social media companies’ ability to prevent election misinformation from influencing the November election, with 42% saying they have no confidence in Facebook specifically.“While many Republicans think we should take one course, many Democrats think we should do the exact opposite,” Facebook said in a statement toabout the Biden campaign letter.
, claiming that the incendiary content’s popularity is merely because “right-wing populism is always more engaging.” Facebook’s ability to handle election misinformation has been a major source of concern in the run-up to the November election, as the company’s repeated permissiveness of Trump’s mail-in voting posts has drawn criticism from both outside critics and its own employees.
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