# Center for Business and Human Rights Deputy Director Paul Barrett shares his views on Facebook's efforts to combat disinformation

1 School News April 10, 2019 ![Associated Press logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_031530.jpg?itok=uSjLQY9n)>

Excerpt from [Associated Press](https://apnews.com/758db4665d274495a7afa9f4a86a4811) -- "But if Facebook knows information is wrong, why not remove it? That’s a question posed by Paul Barrett, deputy director at the New York University Stern Center for Business and Human Rights. 'Making a distinction between demoting (material) and removing it seems to us to be a curious hesitation,' he said."

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