Sacha Baron Cohen accuses social media platforms like Facebook of being the “biggest propaganda machines in history”.
Sacha Baron Cohen accuses the tech companies of doing far too little to combat conspiracy theories and hate posts. He sees democracy in danger as a result of this failure to act.
The British actor Sacha Baron Cohen is known to a wide audience as “ Borat ” but also as “Ali G” or “Brüno”. Last Friday, Cohen appeared as, in his own words, his “least popular figure,” namely himself. In a speech at an American Anti-Defamation League ( ADL ) event in New York, he reckoned with Internet giants like Facebook and Google .
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The "Borat" star said he is speaking out now because he believes "our pluralistic democracies are on the brink and that the next 12 months and the role of social media could be crucial." The bosses of the big tech companies are more concerned with increasing their share prices than protecting democracy.
Video: ADL International Leadership Award Presented to Sacha Baron Cohen at Never Is Now 2019
If Facebook had existed in the 1930s, Adolf Hitler would have been able to place anti-Semitic advertisements there without any problems! With this drastic example, Sacha Baron Cohen sharply criticized the Facebook Group for its handling of political advertising.
“As long as you pay, Facebook will run any political ads you want, even if they contain lies,” Cohen said at the American Anti-Defamation League event!
Sacha Baron Cohen appealed to Facebook to check the truth of its advertisements before publishing them. If they contain fake news and untruths, Facebook should return the money to the advertiser and not publish them!
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“I am saying this today because I believe our pluralistic democracies are on the brink and that the role of social media in the next 12 months could be crucial,” Cohen said.
Among other things, he mentioned the British and US elections.
Source: ADL: Sacha Baron Cohen's Keynote Address at ADL's 2019 Never Is Now Summit on Anti-Semitism and Hate
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