Tesla CEO and X owner Elon Musk posted to the social media website Wednesday, calling out his competitor Facebook for allegedly “manipulating the public almost everywhere on Earth.”
The remark came in response to a post reading, “Mark Zuckerberg says Facebook has independent fact checkers, is open to all perspectives, and doesn’t interfere in elections. But a new investigation found Facebook is funding activists demanding censorship of their enemies during a national referendum.”
Musk answered, “Facebook is manipulating the public almost everywhere on Earth. That is why they won’t open source their algorithm.”
Facebook is manipulating the public almost everywhere on Earth.
That is why they won’t open source their algorithm. https://t.co/iO0PUO1joF
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) August 23, 2023
The Sky News article Musk responded to explained Facebook users who believe the site’s “fact checks” are done by independent and neutral observers are mistaken as the social media platform actually contracts fact-check groups to do its bidding.
Others went to X to voice their frustrations with Facebook’s censorship agenda.
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