Mark Zuckerberg wrote in a blog post last week that, unlike Twitter, it doesn't have a policy of putting warnings in front of posts that may incite violence. If the post does incite violence, "it should be removed regardless of whether it is newsworthy, even if it comes from a politician," Zuckerberg said.
Zuckerberg's words came after a long week of back-and-forth between Twitter and the president, after Twitter flagged three of his tweets: two tweets related to mail-in ballots got a fact-check label and a tweet about George Floyd's murder, and the reaction that followed, was flagged for "glorifying violence."
It's not clear how much the campaign to re-elect Trump will adjust its substantial ad spend on Twitter and Facebook properties—if at all—after this last week. On Facebook and Instagram alone last month, his re-election campaign spent over $811,000.
In other news, Twitter added capabilities to personal accounts, the Google News Initiative revealed grant winners and a new app was designed to connect food service workers with gigs.
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