The Guy Who Wrote Facebook’s Content Rules Says Its Politician Hate Speech Exemption Is ‘Cowardice’

What triggered Willner was Clegg’s speech, given in Washington, DC, on Tuesday and posted in the Facebook newsroom. Clegg, a former UK politician himself, had firmly placed his employer’s thumb on the “newsworthiness” scale. “We do not submit speech by politicians to our independent fact-checkers, and we generally allow it on the platform even when […]