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Sacha Baron Cohen Slams Facebook, Other Social Media Companies

"It only seems fair to say to Facebook, YouTube and Twitter, ‘Your product is defective, you are obliged to fix it,'" the actor said in a speech to the Anti-Defamation League.

Sacha Baron Cohen slammed Facebook and other large social media platforms as "the greatest propaganda machine in history" in a searing speech Thursday night, according to NBC News.

Addressing the Anti-Defamation League's Never Is Now summit, the actor — who is known for using his satirical personas such as Borat, Bruno and Ali G to highlight bigotry around the world — tore into technology companies for not doing enough to clamp down on hate speech and conspiracy theories.

"Today around the world, demagogues appeal to our worst instincts," Cohen began, describing what he said was his first speech in two decades in which he was not in character.

"One thing is pretty clear to me: All this hate and violence is being facilitated by a handful of internet companies that amount to the greatest propaganda machine in history," he said to applause, speaking as the recipient of the ADL's International Leadership Award.

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