Misleading political ads from facebooks many platforms. Zuckerberg says, its not his business to censor news. Adding to the controversy, youtube which is owned by google faced criticism of political bias when it removed 300 ads from President Trumps Reelection Campaign from its website. The company hasnt said why the ads were pulled. And twitter says its banning all political ads a move that might sound altruistic but critics say could hurt start up campaigns trying to reach new voters. The decision by individual companies is only part of a broader debate. Is social media healthy for democracy . Professor Jonathan Nagler teaches politics at nyu. Hes also codirector of the universitys center for social media and politics. He joins us from new york. So nice to have you, sir. So much to dig into. Im curious what you think about facebook opposition, which is basically im not going to censor political ads. Thats kind of the gist of what zuckerberg was saying. Mr. Nagler i think the upside o
Republican South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster does not support calls from within his party to close primary elections to registered party members only. He has long pushed back against claims that non-party members will infiltrate the primaries to manipulate outcomes.
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A new study asked thousands to evaluate the accuracy of news articles both real and fake by doing some research online. But for many, heading to Google led them farther from the truth, not closer.
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