The video of Nancy Pelosi was controlled to make her noise intoxicated throughout a speech about Donald Trump.
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Facebook had actually informed 60 staffers that it was checking out its policy on controlled media simply 2 days prior to the doctored video of Nancy Pelosi struck the social media, according to a report.
On May 23, videos that were doctored to make House Speaker Pelosi appear like she was drunkenly slurring her words were spread out throughout Facebook.
Facebook declined to remove the viral video.
But throughout a conference on May 21, Facebook staffers stated they had “convened a working group to evaluate whether or not it needed an additional, more specific policy that tackled manipulated media,” MarketWatch reported Thursday.
Pelosi, a Democrat from California, on Wednesday knocked the social media.
“We have said all along, poor Facebook, they were unwittingly exploited by the Russians,” Pelosi informed KQED News Wednesday. “I think wittingly, because right now they are putting up something that they know is false. I think it’s wrong.”
“[Facebook is] lying to the general public … I believe they have actually shown — by not removing something they understand is incorrect — that they wanted enablers of the Russian disturbance in our election,” she stated.
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Her speech, originally made at a Center for American Progress event, had accused President Donald Trump of being part of a “cover-up.” The video was then found by the Washington Post to have been slowed to around 75% of its original speed, with the pitch of her voice also altered.
The doctored videos went viral after being posted to Facebook, Twitter and YouTube, with one version on Facebook being viewed over 1.4 million times and shared 30,000 times.
Monika Bickert, Facebook VP for Product Policy and Counterterrorism, last week told CNN that “it’s important for people to make their own informed choice for what to believe.”
“Our job is to make sure we are getting them accurate information,” she said.
Facebook didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.
