- Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez grilled Mark Zuckerberg during the Facebook CEO’s testimony before Congress on Wednesday.
- Ocasio-Cortez pressed Zuckerberg on Facebook’s decision not to take down political ads with false statements.
- At one point, she asked Zuckerberg whether she could run ads on Facebook falsely claiming that Republican lawmakers voted for her Green New Deal. “I think probably,” Zuckerberg responded.
- The New York Democrat also asked Zuckerberg about his meetings with conservative lawmakers and journalists in recent weeks.
- The video below captures the most heated moment of the exchange.
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Zuckerberg grilled by AOC on Facebook's controversial policy to not fact-check political ads pic.twitter.com/MBS3seX3RT
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