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"Facebook and Google have a responsibility to ensure that critical

Jan. 23, 2019 by Carolyn Mueller

"Facebook and Google have a responsibility to ensure that critical thinking, openness, and transparency is always at the top of all of our news and entertainment platforms, and that we maintain the integrity and trust of our users and our technology partners," the company wrote. "We believe that sharing information in the public forum and at the site provides the best possible opportunity to share our most important information—including information related to the facts and viewpoints of our users and our technology partners. We intend to update our news and entertainment platform to better reflect the views of our users and our technology partners."

Facebook also announced a new policy, and its chief executives have taken a strong position that the company will not censor users' views of other news or on its site. The company says these posts are not censorship of the company or the content they publish—they are purely an attempt to encourage users to subscribe to the site's feed.

Google, too, has taken a more public stance, calling for that content to be removed from the platform. In a statement, Google spokesman Eric Schmidt said there had been a review of user comments and that the company would work with Facebook and Google to eliminate their content.

But while the policy has not been adopted, Schmidt said that he expected Facebook to continue to support efforts to combat misinformation.

"I've seen lots of comments from people saying that they are against vaccines and I'm sure there's a lot of people who think that's a mistake," he told the Boston Globe recently. "And I think that's fair enough."Dramatic Video: The New Republic's Stephen Colbert and Donald Trump on How Bill Clinton Made America Great

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