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Facebook And The First Amendment: Policing Free Speech On The Platform

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg arrives to testify before a House Financial Services Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2019, on Facebook's impact on the financial services and housing sectors. (Andrew Harnik/AP)

Mark Zuckerberg wraps Facebook around the First Amendment and says it won’t police free speech and ads. But does Facebook’s own behavior tell a different story?

Guests

Tony Romm, senior tech policy reporter at the Washington Post. (@TonyRomm)

Jennifer Grygiel, professor of communications at Syracuse University’s Newhouse School of Public Communications. (@jmgrygiel)

Roslyn Layton, visiting scholar at the American Enterprise Institute. (@RoslynLayton)

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