'Facebook’s and Twitter’s rules for handling political misinformation remain so confusing, so ad-hoc, that even the staff at these companies sometimes struggle to comprehend them,' Donie O'Sullivan writes. | Analysis
Late Wednesday, Twitter made waves by temporarily restricting a Trump campaign account's ability to tweet because it shared a video containing false claims President Trump had made about the coronavirus. But Twitter took no action on President Trump's personal account, which re-shared the video.
The next day, Facebook cracked down on a pro-Trump PAC's ability to advertise after spreading falsehoods even though the platform has repeatedly said it will continue to allow politicians to lie openly in advertising. If all that makes your head spin, you're not alone.
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