Facebook CEO and founder Mark Zuckerberg Mark Elliot ZuckerbergHillicon Valley: Productivity, fatigue, cybersecurity emerge as top concerns amid pandemic | Facebook critics launch alternative oversight board | Google to temporarily bar election ads after polls close Conservative groups seek to block Facebook election grants in four swing states: report Facebook critics launch alternative oversight board MORE will appear on Fox News on Friday for an interview amid calls from Democrats for his platform to pull ads created by the Trump campaign targeting former Vice President Joe Biden Joe BidenFormer Pence aide: White House staffers discussed Trump refusing to leave office Progressive group buys domain name of Trump's No. 1 Supreme Court pick Bloomberg rolls out M ad buy to boost Biden in Florida MORE.

Fox News representatives confirmed in a press release Wednesday evening that the Facebook CEO would make his first appearance on the network, where he is expected to address criticism of Facebook's policy allowing politicians to run ads on the platform that are found to be misleading.

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Zuckerberg and Facebook have been the targets of a barrage of criticism over the policy, which came into question this month after President Trump Donald John TrumpFederal prosecutor speaks out, says Barr 'has brought shame' on Justice Dept. Former Pence aide: White House staffers discussed Trump refusing to leave office Progressive group buys domain name of Trump's No. 1 Supreme Court pick MORE released an advertisement accusing Biden, without evidence, of using his office to improperly pressure Ukrainian officials to drop an investigation of a Ukrainian gas company where Biden's son served on the board.

He will be interviewed by Fox's Dana Perino, and the interview will air during her 2 p.m. show, "The Daily Briefing," according to the release.

Biden's fellow 2020 contender Sen. Elizabeth Warren Elizabeth WarrenOvernight Defense: Appeals court revives House lawsuit against military funding for border wall | Dems push for limits on transferring military gear to police | Lawmakers ask for IG probe into Pentagon's use of COVID-19 funds On The Money: Half of states deplete funds for Trump's 0 unemployment expansion | EU appealing ruling in Apple tax case | House Democrats include more aid for airlines in coronavirus package Warren, Khanna request IG investigation into Pentagon's use of coronavirus funds MORE (D-Mass.) in recent days unveiled ads aimed at Zuckerberg himself, claiming falsely that Zuckerberg had endorsed Trump for reelection as a means of drawing attention to the company's policy of allowing false claims made by politicians.

"Breaking news: Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook just endorsed Donald Trump for re-election," Warren's ad states. "You're probably shocked, and you might be thinking, 'how could this possibly be true?' Well, it's not. (Sorry.)"

"But what Zuckerberg *has* done is given Donald Trump free rein to lie on his platform -- and then to pay Facebook gobs of money to push out their lies to American voters," the ad continues.

A Facebook spokesperson responded to Warren in a statement to The Hill on Saturday, claiming that the company "believes political speech should be protected."

"If Senator Warren wants to say things she knows to be untrue, we believe Facebook should not be in the position of censoring that speech," the spokesperson said.