Published 15:51 IST, January 30th 2020
Sacha Baron Cohen tells Mark Zuckerberg that history will judge him harshly for Facebook
Sacha Baron Cohen took to Twitter to tell Mark Zuckerberg that history will judge him harshly as he is helping destroy democracy. Read more details here.
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Actor and comedian Sacha Baron Cohen was again seen criticizing and publicly attacking Facebook CEO, Mark Zuckerberg. On Wednesday, January 29, 2020, Sacha Baron Cohen took to his Twitter account and shared a report of a leing daily. It was a report on President Trump's vertising campaign on Facebook. Take a look at what Cohen wrote in his tweet here.
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Sacha Baron Cohen tells Mark Zuckerberg that history will judge him harshly as he is helping destroy democracy
In tweet, we can see Cohen refer to Trump campaign activities on Facebook during pre-election year. It was reported that more than $20 million was spent on 218,000 vertisements in 2019. It was also reported that Trump has spent more than every Democratic candidate.
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Sacha Baron Cohen in his tweet also spoke about lies and hate that is being fed to voter. He wrote that voters saw s about 1.3 billion times, and Facebook is seeing all profits due to this vertising. Cohen n wrote “#MarkZuckerberg, history will judge you harshly - if we still have historians after you help destroy democracy!”
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Sacha Baron Cohen has always been a critic of big tech in general but he critics Zuckerberg particularly. In vember, Cohen h a speech as Anti-Defamation League. At forum, he expressed that social media platforms are being used to spre hate speech and propaganda. During his speech, Cohen took a few digs at Facebook by calling Zuckerberg’s Facebook a place used to reach more people in contrast to Facebook's idea of people having freedom of speech. He also ded that Facebook does t check facts of political s and just runs m even if it is a lie.
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(Im courtesy: Sacha Baron Cohen & Mark Zuckerberg Instagram)
15:50 IST, January 30th 2020