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RSF: Facebook allows conspiracy theses for commercial interest

Paris, Mar 23 (EFE) .-(Camera: Mario García) The Secretary General of Reporters Without Borders (RSF), Christophe Deloire, affirmed that Facebook allows conspiracyist theses or hate messages to circulate on its platform with its inaction out of pure commercial and financial interest.FOOTAGE OF THE INTERVIEW WITH DELOIRETRANSLATION 1) "Yesterday we filed a complaint with the Paris Prosecutor's Office for a fraudulent practice against Facebook. That means presentations of an erroneous nature and that lead to error. Unfortunately with Facebook we have extremely strong commitments to the general conditions of use, with communication campaigns saying that we fight against misinformation, that we disseminate reliable information. and on the other hand, the reality of the algorithm that is different. A reality in which conspiracy theses circulate, in which hateful messages are spread massively and particularly against journalists. "2) "What we wanted is to send a signal, to say that Facebook cannot maintain a contradiction between its commitments and reality and that it has to evolve the operation of the algorithm to restrict the spread of hateful messages and disinformation that are now amplified by Facebook's business model. "3) "On the part of Facebook what there is is the commercial interest of the company, a financial interest. If not, Facebook would have taken stronger measures."4) "Ultimately what needs to be achieved is that for some platforms that have such an important power that we have left them is that beyond the judicial risk, there is a risk to their reputation. This complaint also allows us to publicly demonstrate the breach and even the complete contradiction between Facebook's commitments and the reality of how the algorithm works. "