Facebook overrides fact-checks when climate science is “opinion”
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Re: Facebook overrides fact-checks when climate science is “opinion”
#2If they didn't allow opinions, then the platform is no longer a discussion platform.
Re: Facebook overrides fact-checks when climate science is “opinion”
#3But we don't want to be the arbiters of truth!
Has this company ever been honest about anything in its entire history? Do any of the execs have mirrors in their houses so they have to look at who they are every now and then?
Re: Facebook overrides fact-checks when climate science is “opinion”
#4But we don't want to be the arbiters of truth! Has this company ever been honest about anything in its entire history? Do any of the execs have mirrors in their houses so they have to look at who they are every now and then?
First sentence of the second paragraph:
> Facebook does not employ fact-checkers directly but rather works with a range of third-party organizations to rate how true or false content shared in categories is.
The checker in the particular incident in question was Climate Feedback. The article doesn't have a link to the original Daily Wire article.
Re: Facebook overrides fact-checks when climate science is “opinion”
#5If they didn't allow opinions, then the platform is no longer a discussion platform.
It was never a question, if they allow opinions, or don't, but always what are you allowed to publish on their platform.
And as in any forum, private or public, there are restrictions in place. The question is only, which. If it no restrictions where in place, then it wouldn't be longer a discussion platform either.
Re: Facebook overrides fact-checks when climate science is “opinion”
#6If they didn't allow opinions, then the platform is no longer a discussion platform.
The question is not whether or not opinions are allowed. No content is removed by this policy. The question is whether or not a fact check correction/disclaimer should be added to incorrect articles, and whether or not being an "opinion" piece acts as a way to evade the rule.
Re: Facebook overrides fact-checks when climate science is “opinion”
#7I remember being very concerned that the fact checkers wouldn't be operating in a vacuum and we'd have a bunch of facebook execs being arbiters of truth.
And that appears to be exactly what has happened. This is terrifying. A handful of mainstream publications and a bunch of basically unknown facebook folks are now the censors. We've already seen well known EFF activists rated untrue for their arguments against warrantless surveillance, and now the censors already can't agree on climate change. I've seen arguments about Confederate generals rated as false because of modern news events - in ways that disagree with well tenured academic historians.
We seem doomed in this regard.
Re: Facebook overrides fact-checks when climate science is “opinion”
#8I remember being very concerned that the fact checkers wouldn't be operating in a vacuum and we'd have a bunch of facebook execs being arbiters of truth. And that appears to be exactly what has happened. This is terrifying. A handful of mainstream publications and a bunch of basically unknown facebook folks are now the censors. We've already seen well known EFF activists rated untrue for their arguments against warra…
I go to pub with some facebook "censors". We are not doomed, but facebook as a platform is.
Re: Facebook overrides fact-checks when climate science is “opinion”
#9I remember being very concerned that the fact checkers wouldn't be operating in a vacuum and we'd have a bunch of facebook execs being arbiters of truth. And that appears to be exactly what has happened. This is terrifying. A handful of mainstream publications and a bunch of basically unknown facebook folks are now the censors. We've already seen well known EFF activists rated untrue for their arguments against warra…
Facts are a pesky thing, they end up being correct even when you disagree.
Re: Facebook overrides fact-checks when climate science is “opinion”
#10Question: facebook as a platform is not liable for information it contains. However if Facebook would publish fact checking info, that is wrong or missleading, are they liable?
Could I sue facebook if their "facts" were proven wrong, and cause me damage?