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Pelosi calls Facebook a 'shameful' company that helped in 'misleading the American people'
https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/16/tech/pelosi-shameful-facebook/index.htmlWashington DC (CNN Business)House Speaker Nancy Pelosi blasted Facebook as a "shameful" company on Thursday, further escalating tensions between Democratic leadership and the social media giant.
In response to a question about the power held by Facebook (FB) CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Thursday, Pelosi accused the company of being "accomplices for misleading the American people with money from god-knows where."
She also suggested that the company cares about profits above all else. "All they want are their tax cuts and no antitrust action against them," she said, adding that she believes Facebook "schmoozed" the Trump administration. The comments came at Pelosi's weekly press conference on Capitol Hill.
"I think they have proven — by not taking down something they know is false — that they were willing enablers of the Russian interference in our election," she said in May.
Facebook has come under intense criticism from Democrats for its policy of not fact-checking ads run by politicians -- a policy that Democrats say will benefit Trump's 2020 election campaign.
In response to a question about the power held by Facebook (FB) CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Thursday, Pelosi accused the company of being "accomplices for misleading the American people with money from god-knows where."
She also suggested that the company cares about profits above all else. "All they want are their tax cuts and no antitrust action against them," she said, adding that she believes Facebook "schmoozed" the Trump administration. The comments came at Pelosi's weekly press conference on Capitol Hill.
"I think they have proven — by not taking down something they know is false — that they were willing enablers of the Russian interference in our election," she said in May.
Facebook has come under intense criticism from Democrats for its policy of not fact-checking ads run by politicians -- a policy that Democrats say will benefit Trump's 2020 election campaign.
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They appear to have little idea what they're up against. Too busy attacking each other over 17-year-old comments and the Iraq war. 
