Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg on Political Ads: ‘People Should Be Able to Judge for Themselves’

Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg on Political Ads: ‘People Should Be Able to Judge for Themselves’
Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies before the House Financial Services Committee on Capitol Hill on Oct. 23, 2019. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
Bill Pan
Bill Pan
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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has defended the company’s decision not to remove political advertising that contains what many call “false information,” saying that Facebook users “should be able to judge for themselves.”

“What I believe is that in a democracy, it’s really important that people can see for themselves what politicians are saying, so they can make their own judgments,” Zuckerberg told Gayle King, co-host of CBS This Morning, in a joint interview with his wife, Priscilla Chan.