https://www.foxnews.com/tech/facebook-ignores-hillary-clinton-nancy-pelosi-backl...Facebook ignores Hillary Clinton, Nancy Pelosi amid growing backlash over doctored video
Facebook is standing firm in its refusal to take down a doctored video of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi amid a growing backlash from Democrats.
The 3-minute video, which experts say was slowed down to about 75 percent of its original speed to make Pelosi seem drunk or senile, can still be viewed on a conservative Facebook page called Politics WatchDog, where it has garnered millions of views, over 30,000 comments and 11,000 reactions since being uploaded there one week ago.
When the Mark Zuckerberg-led tech giant, which partners with dozens of fact-checking organizations worldwide, verified that the video was doctored, it heavily reduced its appearance in users' Newsfeeds. However, the company declined to remove the video.
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A Facebook spokesperson previously told several media outlets: “We don’t have a policy that stipulates that the information you post on Facebook must be true." Fox News reached out to Facebook for comment.
If a user tries to share the video now, a Facebook pop-up called "Additional Reporting On This" appears that lists the results of five different fact-checking organizations, all of which rate the video as false.
Even so, the video's continued presence on the social network prompted a backlash.