A clash of the social network titans is taking shape after Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg called out Twitter for adding a fact-check to a tweet from President Trump. On Tuesday, Twitter added a fact-check label to Mr. Trump's tweet about mail-in voting, along with a link directing users to information debunking the president's false claims about mail-in voting fraud.
In an interview with Fox News' Dana Perino, Zuckerberg differed with Twitter's approach, saying "I just believe strongly that Facebook shouldn't be the arbiter of truth of everything that people say online," and neither should other private companies.
Zuckerberg's reaction to the situation comes after President Trump threatened to "strongly regulate" or even shut down social media companies. "Republicans feel that Social Media Platforms totally silence conservatives voices. We will strongly regulate, or close them down, before we can ever allow this to happen. We saw what they attempted to do, and failed, in 2016," Mr. Trump wrote on Twitter.
No one is making the social media a guardian of the truth. Just a thought.
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