Selena Gomez Opens Up About Decision To Call Out Facebook For Disinformation

etcanada.com:

Back in December, Selena Gomez made headlines when she took to social media to slam Facebook for allowing disinformation about COVID-19 and accounts linked to neo-Nazis on its platform.

In a new interview with Zane Lowe of Apple Music’s Beats 1, she explains why she felt compelled to comment. “But do you see, Zane, I did that for like 10 years, you know.

It’s not time for it anymore. Like, I don’t care. Not in a careless way where I just want to hurt people’s feelings. It genuinely happened because it needed to,” she said of speaking her mind and letting the chips fall. “I think that I started with reaching out to people immediately, like directly.