Facebook’s leadership had 'no appetite' to fact check political ads, combat disinformation

Facebook is under fire again over alleged harm caused by the platform and the tech giant’s willingness — or lack thereof — to stop it. Leaked internal papers given to Congress and federal regulators by a former employee show how the company was privately tracking real world harm by its platform, and how CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s public statements conflicted with that private data. Amna Nawaz reports.

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