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Zuckerberg also speaks of appeals processes and review boards as a form of online “checks and balances,” as though he’s in the middle of a comparative government seminar. Really underscores the idea that Facebook is big enough to be its own country, in a lot of ways. — PolitiTweet.org

Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

It strikes me that Zuckerberg talks about the WhatsApp and Instagram purchases as “Instagram joined us” and "when WhatsApp joined,” which sort of sounds vaguely euphemistic — PolitiTweet.org

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Zuckerberg claims you can’t prove the counterfactual that they would’ve been more innovative on their own. But similarly, it seems like a stretch to claim with confidence that they couldn’t have been innovative. — PolitiTweet.org

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Zuckerberg pushes back on the idea that WhatsApp and Instagram would have been more innovative had they stayed independent, arguing Facebook added lots of features that they wouldn’t have adopted otherwise. — PolitiTweet.org

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He says the prospect of a breakup “feels nice” but "we want to make sure the things we do actually address the problems." — PolitiTweet.org

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Zuckerberg pushes back against Chris Hughes’ call for a Facebook breakup, saying breaking up Facebook into smaller companies wouldn’t solve issues like misinformation. He points to YouTube and reddit, which he says are smaller yet still face some of the same challenges. — PolitiTweet.org

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Zuckerberg concedes that the Pelosi video was “an execution mistake on our side” in that it took a long time for Facebook’s systems to flag it and rate it as false. — PolitiTweet.org

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“There is a question whether these deepfakes are a completely different category of thing from normal, false statements overall, and I think there's a very good case that they are." — PolitiTweet.org

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Zuckerberg is criticizing the USG for not punishing Russia for election interference. “We can defend as best we can but our government is the one that has tools to apply pressure to russia, not us" — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @haroldfeld: @b_fung Not under FCC or FEC rules. You only have generic ID rules. It's something @aschwa02 tried to get FCC do address fo… — PolitiTweet.org

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The definition of election advertising needs to change, Zuckerberg says, from being focused on candidates/elections to include specific issues. (Though hasn’t issue advertising long been considered a form of political advertising?) — PolitiTweet.org

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Zuckerberg commends the Honest Ads Act, says it’s a “good floor for what should be passed." — PolitiTweet.org

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Zuck is again trying to position himself as the Reasonable Adult in the Room by calling for government regulation and saying “I really don’t think as a society we want private companies” to be making big decisions about policy by themselves. — PolitiTweet.org

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Mark Zuckerberg is onstage with Cass Sunstein at Aspen Ideas. Sunstein jokes: “I think our topic is 'the future of the world.’ “ Which is funny, but also kind of unconsciously speaks to how central Facebook has become to the future of the world…? — PolitiTweet.org

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Won’t be long before reddit is drawn into the tech/anti-conservative bias fight https://t.co/jfNmpnv3Ue https://t.co/qV2DqI4e3f — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @donie: Ahead of tomorrow’s first #DemocraticDebate, I took a look at what Russian trolls got up to on debate nights in 2016 https://t.… — PolitiTweet.org

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Federal, state and local law enforcement are going after robocallers with nearly 100 new cases. — PolitiTweet.org

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Ew (but also awesome): https://t.co/1PJ8yrPSMk https://t.co/MacdNppFYG — PolitiTweet.org

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@mcwellons Plausible, I guess, but it sorta feels like a too-convenient excuse, no? Five years elapsed between when the Microsoft settlement got district court approval and the debut of the iPhone in 2007. Android 1.0 didn’t come out til 2008. — PolitiTweet.org

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And a little later, Microsoft went after Google with its “Scroogled” ad campaign, which you can still find on YouTube! https://t.co/Ec6EoG9TyX (Worth noting that it’s been years since Microsoft has done anything like this, and Gmail no longer scans your email for ad purposes.) — PolitiTweet.org

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This is all the more interesting, of course, because Microsoft was once the target of a big antitrust lawsuit itself concerning its bundling of Internet Explorer with Windows. — PolitiTweet.org

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Bill Gates is at the DC Economic Club today and calling for more government regulation of the tech industry, per @claresduffy. Part of his remarks there: https://t.co/hxjUn1IZhq — PolitiTweet.org

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@j_fuller Time to bring this back — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @kevincollier: Re: today's Supreme Court ruling that trade secrets is a valid reason to exempt from FOIA even when disclosure wouldn't c… — PolitiTweet.org

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Two U.S. senators have introduced a bill that would force big tech companies to tell you how much your data is worth to their business: https://t.co/ZPsG8l0egx — PolitiTweet.org

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The fact that it may slip to later in the week reflects the complexity of the the discussions between DOJ and the companies. — PolitiTweet.org

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This time with a working link: I’m told DOJ’s verdict on T-Mobile/Sprint now isn’t expected til closer to the end of next week. Meanwhile, 4 states have joined the multistate suit to block the deal and Texas and Indiana are investigating the merger, too: https://t.co/eRvEzVSxp4 — PolitiTweet.org

Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

I’m told DOJ’s verdict on T-Mobile/Sprint isn’t expected now ’til closer to the end of next week. 4 states have joined the multistate suit against the deal and TX and IN are investigating it too https://www.cnn.coim/2019/06/21/tech/sprint-tmobile-merger-state-challenge/index.html — PolitiTweet.org

Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

@AssanieNizar Yes. — PolitiTweet.org

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So stepping back, the count is now 13 states plus the District of Columbia challenging the merger. — PolitiTweet.org