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• @hshaban Hamza Shaban on x

  Peter Thiel thinks Facebook's political-ad policy shouldn't change; some directors & execs disagree. Facebook: “We're fortunate to have a board with diverse experiences and perspectives so we can ensure debate that reflects a cross section of views.” https://www.wsj.com/...

• @davidakaye David Kaye on x

  not a good look to have a trumpist partisan with track record of hostility to independent media as leading voice in decision-making https://www.wsj.com/... via @WSJ

• @robingrearson Grearson on x

  This reminds me that no one has reported exactly how many millions of dollars Peter Thiel has invested in entities co-owned by Jared Kushner over the DECADE since his brother first started doing business with Facebook. https://twitter.com/...

• @juddlegum Judd Legum on x

  In case you thought this was about a commitment to free speech, Thiel financed Hulk Hogan's lawsuit against Gawker (which ultimately forced it to shut down) because he didn't like an article that Gawker wrote about him.

• @jbouie B-Boy Bouiebaisse on x

  shocked that thiel, a trump supporter, would advise zuck to accept political ads without fact-checking them https://www.wsj.com/...

• @cathyreisenwitz Cathy Reisenwitz on x

  Ugh this reporting kills me. No, Peter Thiel does not merely have conservative views. And he's definitely not a libertarian. He's a nationalist who sells tech to the gov't to help them track migrants and put them in concentration camps. https://www.wsj.com/...

• @julieolivertx Julie Oliver on x

  Facebook has allowed corrupt political actors and dark money foreign entities to exploit Americans' private data to undermine our democracy. They must be held accountable for their role in spreading toxic disinformation for profit. Break up big tech. https://www.wsj.com/...

• @profcarroll David Carroll on x

  Concerns about Peter Thiel's outsize influence over Mark Zuckerberg (and by extension, Facebook policy) as first-investor appear to be well-founded as new details emerge, including internal investigations into Thiel, Palantir, and Cambridge Analytica. https://www.wsj.com/...

• @oneunderscore__ Ben Collins on x

  Reminder: Thiel was at the secret dinner with Mark Zuckerberg and Donald Trump at The White House. The dinner was the same week as Zuckerberg's speech at Georgetown that reinforced Facebook's chaos policy on lies in political ads. https://www.wsj.com/...

• @juddlegum Judd Legum on x

  Republican billionaire Peter Thiel, a member of Facebook's board, has convinced Zuckerberg to stand by his decision to allow politicians to lie in Facebook Thiel, Zuckberberg and Trump had dinner at the White House in October https://www.wsj.com/...

• @briantashman Brian Tashman on x

  The same Peter Thiel who endorsed Trump at the RNC and served on his transition team. Seems like a neutral observer! https://twitter.com/...