New York (AFP)
Adolf Hitler could have broadcast antisemitic ads on Facebook if the social network had existed in the 1930s, said comedian and comedian Sacha Baron Cohen, to push the platform to sort through political ads.
"If you pay them, Facebook will broadcast all the advertising + policies + you want, even if they contain lies," he said Thursday night at a conference organized in New York by the anti-corruption organization. anti-Semitism ADL (Anti-Defamation League).
"Starting from this twisted logic, if Facebook had existed in the 1930s, he would have let Hitler post 30-second ads on his + solution + to the + Jewish problem," said the British, known for his taste for provocation.
The person who played a series of iconoclastic characters in the cinema, from Borat to Brüno, called on the social network to check the content of commercials before releasing them.
"When the ads are false (give false information), return the money and do not publish," suggested the one who has revealed itself to the public in the skin of television character Ali G.
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey announced in late October that he was giving up all political ads on his platform, except those promoting good causes, such as environmental advocacy or the promotion of social equality.
On Wednesday, Google said it was tightening its rules on political advertising, including to ban the publication of messages clearly false or prevent ultra-specific targeting of voters.
On the sidelines, Facebook announced in September that it would not filter political ads, believing that, in general, it was interesting for Internet users to see them, causing a lot of criticism.
The social network has, at the same time, strengthened its transparency rules for its political messages, so that the advertiser at the origin of the advertisement is clearly identified.
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