“I don’t think it’s illegitimate to say we should be able to evaluate what’s on there and that it reflects somewhat upon her approach.”The newsletter entry was written by Judd Legum, a former editor of the defunct liberal website ThinkProgress and a onetime Democratic political operative. A publisher is … Sullivan:] “So — which are you? “Any suggestion otherwise is baseless,” the spokeswoman said.Ms.
You can think of all the news and media outlets out there as prime examples. A little more than two weeks after Facebook announced a news initiative, the social network was on the defensive, responding to a published report that a website co-founded by the company’s top news executive had displayed bias against Elizabeth Warren.Ms.
Are you a tech company, or are you the world’s largest publisher? Under section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, tech platforms have immunity from lawsuits arising out of their decisions to host (or not to to host) user-generated content. The Wall Street Journal was first to report the Unilever news. Campbell Brown, head of Facebook News, discussing the social network’s move into digital publishing last month in New York.
It features thousands of partnered publishers and a … Because I think that goes to a really important question on what form of regulation or government action, if any, we would take.”Zuckerberg’s response: “I agree that we’re responsible for the content, but we don’t produce the content. Facebook, in court filings defending itself from a lawsuit filed by activist and congressional candidate Laura Loomer, has cited its first amendment rights as a "publisher," contradicting public claims by the company that its social media service is a platform. of News Corp, asked Zuckerberg during an … Facebook’s revamped dedicated news section launches in the US on Tuesday on mobile only. Facebook News launches with hand-picked stories from major publishers Published Fri, Oct 25 2019 6:00 AM EDT Updated Fri, Oct 25 2019 8:25 AM EDT Salvador Rodriguez @sal19 It argued that the articles critical of Ms. Warren that appeared on The 74 were relevant to Facebook’s move into the news business, because Ms. Brown still sits on the site’s board. Brown responded swiftly to the criticism on Monday, saying in a Twitter thread that her involvement with The 74 had no bearing on Facebook News and that the articles singled out by the newsletter were opinion essays, not news articles.When the company announced its push into news last month, Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook’s chief executive, said he hoped the new tab’s users would number in the “tens of millions” in the United States and “hundreds of millions” globally.Mr. Publisher: a company or person that qurates and distributes content. Facebook launches a news section - and will pay publishers Facebook has long resisted paying news organizations for the stories that populate its newsfeed “She maintains a public association and is admittedly still involved in the website — she sits on the board,” he said, referring to Ms. Brown. Mr. Legum also reported that the family foundation of the education secretary, Betsy DeVos, was a donor to The 74.The flap is the latest sign that Facebook will be susceptible to charges of bias now that it has stepped more boldly into the role of media publisher.The company drew the close attention of journalists, politicians and anyone else on the lookout for signs of partisanship when it announced Facebook News, a separate section on its mobile app featuring reporting from publications including BuzzFeed, The New York Times, The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal.
This was a long overdue recognition that Facebook is a publisher, not a platform. “What took you so long?” Robert Thomson, the C.E.O. She added that her support for the charter-school movement — a frequent topic in The 74 — puts her in the company not only of Ms. DeVos, but of Cory Booker, a senator from New Jersey and a Democratic presidential candidate.A Facebook spokeswoman said in an emailed statement that The 74 was not among the sites whose articles will be featured in Facebook News’s selection of top stories, adding that Ms. Brown had always been open about her relationship with the site. Facebook rejected a proposed code of conduct from Australia's competition watchdog which would force it to pay news publishers to host news. Facebook has enlisted USA TODAY, The Wall Street Journal, Washington Post and other publishers to lend credibility to new News Tab.
Facebook’s New Role as News Publisher Brings New Scrutiny. I think that when people ask us whether we’re a media company or a publisher, my understanding of the heart of what they’re getting at is, do we feel responsibility for the content that’s on our platform.”Zuckerberg gave a mealy-mouthed response, saying he “views [Facebook] as a tech company, because the primary thing we do is build technology and products”The distinction between publisher and platform is central to the legal protections enjoyed by big tech companies, and is frequently cited by Republican lawmakers in their criticism of Silicon Valley’s political bias.“The answer to that I think is clearly yes, but I don’t think that’s incompatible with [what’s] fundamentally at our core, being a technology company where the main thing that we do is have engineers and build productsUnder well-established law, neither Facebook nor any other publisher can be liable for failing to publish someone else’s message.Sullivan interjected: “But you said you’re responsible for your content. Which makes you kind of a publisher, right?”This contradicts public statements made in a Senate hearing last year by Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, who insisted that Facebook is a platform and not a publisher. Legum defended his newsletter story in an interview. Facebook revealed the new feature Friday in a move that will earn some publishers, like Thompson’s News Corp, millions of dollars a year for giving Facebook access to their work.