Disinformation helped kill Martin Luther, his daughter tells Facebook

The founder of Facebook and Chief Executive of the social media giant, Mark Zuckerberg addressed students at Georgetown University on October 17 where he talked about the company's decision to not outrightly ban the false political advertisements. Zuckerberg had also referred to Martin Luther King Jr while making a statement about free speech and how King Jr was “unconstitutionally jailed for protesting peacefully” and also wrote a letter from Birmingham Jail. However, soon after the speech was live-streamed, the King's daughter herself, Bernice King took to Twitter to “help Facebook better understand” the challenges her father faced due to the misinformation by political campaigns. 

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Zuckerberg defends 'free speech'

Facebook says it won't remove 'newsworthy' content that goes against its community standards. Zuckerberg has defended Facebook's refusal to take down content it considers newsworthy “even if it goes against our standards.” Technology companies like Facebook, Google, Twitter are all reportedly trying to be in charge of internet content but at the same time, they are also avoiding infringing on the First Amendment rights. This has swung recently toward restricting hateful speech that could spawn violence. The shift follows mass shootings in which the suspects have posted racist screeds online or otherwise expressed hateful views or streamed images of attacks. However, Zuckerberg has also compared the social media's capability to start a dialogue with the 'fourth estate' which is referred for the media.

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Confirmation of Data-sharing agreements

Facebook has recently made the revelation that it was involved in data sharing practices with Chinese technology companies. These tech-giants also included Chinese smartphone maker, Huawei, which has also been a long subject for official investigations by American intelligence firms on security issues plaguing the company. Facebook stated some of the names who had access to Facebook's user data after a legal agreement was signed to replicate the social media experience for their respective users. Reportedly, numerous concerns were raised about how the data that was extracted and used without the prior consent of its users. Facebook has refuted the claims and stated that data sharing was to provide their users access to different features on smartphones.  

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(With input from agencies)