Priceless Vol 14 Number 2
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Senator Warner Pushes Facebook to Reverse Policy on Political Ads
such ads from third-party fact-checker review. The consequence of these
policies came into sharp focus early this month, after a series of ads purchased by the Trump 2020 campaign containing falsehoods about former Vice President
in Facebook’s political
Biden were found ad
BY U.S. SENATOR MARK WARNER Editor's Note: US Senator
Mark Warner recently penned a letter to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg regarding
the
company's decision not to fact check political ads that run on their platform. The letter reads as follows:
Dear Mr. Zuckerberg, I write you in the context of an ongoing debate about the impact of social media on our public institutions and on our political discourse. In the last two weeks, one facet of this debate has been the extent to which platforms like Facebook allow
deliberate falsehoods through paid
politicians political
to spread advertising.
While Facebook’s advertising rules have long prohibited ads with “deceptive, or misleading content”
relying on its “third-party fact-checkers” violations
of – Facebook these
false, –
to identify policies
subsequently
revised these rules to exempt political ads run by politicians through a policy that withholds
archive. I appreciate that these ads were discovered only as a result of Facebook’s decision to voluntarily implement some of the Honest Ads Act, bipartisan legislation I drafted with Senator Klobuchar and the late Senator John McCain, which has allowed researchers, opposing campaigns, and journalists to track political advertising on Facebook. However, Facebook’s refusal to provide
information used for political ads, and widely-reported defects in the API preventing large-scale
data analysis,
underscore that piecemeal, optional steps by individual companies are insufficient to protect our democracy from bad actors exploiting social media; I will continue to press to pass the Honest Ads Act into law and press your company to fully comply with the provisions in the Act. Transparency, however, is but one value undergirding our nation’s political discourse. A whole host of norms and laws have
sphere – the space within civil society
structured the in
important political,
which we debate social,
and cultural issues. The public sphere has been shaped by a
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Congressional Black Caucus Mourns Loss of Former Congressman John Conyers
targeting
Left to Right: (front row) Rep. Robert Nix Sr., Rep. Charles Diggs Jr., Rep. Shirley Chisholm, Rep. Augustus Hawkins (second row) Rep. Parren Mitchell, Rep. Charles Rangel, Rep. William Clay Sr., Rep. Ronald Dellums, Rep. George Collins, Rep. Louis Stokes, Rep. Ralph Metcalfe, Rep. John Conyers Jr., Del. Walter Fauntroy
BY DAVID A. HINSON, CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS FOUNDATION, INC PRESIDENT & CEO The
Foundation,
Congressional Inc.
Black Caucus (CBCF) President
& CEO David A. Hinson released the following statement on the death of former Congressman Conyers:
“The CBCF family mourns the loss of
Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) founding member, former Congressman John J. Conyers, Jr.
of Representatives
“As a member of the U.S. House from 1965-2017,
Congressman Conyers represented Michigan's 14th District in Detroit. After more than five decades in office, he was the longest-serving African
American in Congress. Before entering Congress, Rep. Conyers served in the National Guard and the United States Army Corps of Engineers during the Korean War.
“During his tenure in Congress, this champion of civil and human rights served
as chairman of the House Committee on Government Reform and the House SENATOR CONYERS PAGE 5
HUD and DOJ Sign MOA on Application of False Claims Act
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Secretary Carson and Attorney General Barr sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the two agencies that set prudential guidance on the appropriate use of the False Claims Act. Photo courtesy of HUD
BY U.S. HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
WASHINGTON - U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson and U.S. Attorney General William Barr today issued
a Memorandum of (MOU) between the two agencies that
Understanding sets
prudential guidance on the appropriate use of the False Claims Act (FCA) for violations by
Federal Housing lenders.
This agreement clearly
Administration (FHA) outlines
our
FHA mortgage program requirements, so they do not impede or discourage lenders from offering affordable FHA-insured loans to credit-worthy borrowers," said Secretary FALSE CLAIMS PAGE 11
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