Facebook is now claiming official CDC.gov links are “False Information”
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Re: Facebook is now claiming official CDC.gov links are “False Information”
#2Facebook is a pseudo government with sovereinty over a type of resource that we have fully yet to understand as a species.
Re: Facebook is now claiming official CDC.gov links are “False Information”
#3The submitted postimg.cc screenshot had the following cdc.gov link [0], which appears to be flagged as false information. The following text was on that cdc page:
> After December 31, 2021, CDC will withdraw the request to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) of the CDC 2019-Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Real-Time RT-PCR Diagnostic Panel, the assay first introduced in February 2020 for detection of SARS-CoV-2 only. CDC is providing this advance notice for clinical laboratories to have adequate time to select and implement one of the many FDA-authorized alternatives.
> Visit the FDA website for a list of authorized COVID-19 diagnostic methods. For a summary of the performance of FDA-authorized molecular methods with an FDA reference panel, visit this page.
> In preparation for this change, CDC recommends clinical laboratories and testing sites that have been using the CDC 2019-nCoV RT-PCR assay select and begin their transition to another FDA-authorized COVID-19 test. CDC encourages laboratories to consider adoption of a multiplexed method that can facilitate detection and differentiation of SARS-CoV-2 and influenza viruses. Such assays can facilitate continued testing for both influenza and SARS-CoV-2 and can save both time and resources as we head into influenza season. Laboratories and testing sites should validate and verify their selected assay within their facility before beginning clinical testing.
I'm personally not sure what to make of all this, the cdc link doesn't seem controversial, and perhaps flagging this as false information was done in error? But screen shots are lame so I figured I'd repost as a link and the text for convenience.
[0] https://www.cdc.gov/csels/dls/locs/2021/07-21-2021-lab-alert...
Re: Facebook is now claiming official CDC.gov links are “False Information”
#4Facebook could be right ;)
Just because some info appears on a the CDC page doesn't mean it can't be erroneous.
It is not as though health authorities have always been correct on every thing, have they?
Re: Facebook is now claiming official CDC.gov links are “False Information”
#5Perhaps Facebook needs to be charged for practicing medicine without a license.
Re: Facebook is now claiming official CDC.gov links are “False Information”
#6And this is why Facebook has no business being part of fact checking.
While it may look different, this is no different than two folks on the phone getting interrupted by ATT and being told they are incorrect on their assumptions about topic X.
Social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter are the carrier, and should be treated as such.
Re: Facebook is now claiming official CDC.gov links are “False Information”
#7Let's face it, Big Social Media's "disinformation" label is no more than "things that go against the mainstream narrative" these years.
Re: Facebook is now claiming official CDC.gov links are “False Information”
#8gigglesnort
if true, that is maximum irony and exposes the folly of Facebook's positioning as an arbiter, or exposes the power of their positioning
Re: Facebook is now claiming official CDC.gov links are “False Information”
#9And this is why Facebook has no business being part of fact checking. While it may look different, this is no different than two folks on the phone getting interrupted by ATT and being told they are incorrect on their assumptions about topic X. Social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter are the carrier, and should be treated as such.
The problem is that one of the main differentiating factors of these platforms is selecting which post to present to the user at a particular moment. It's a valuable service - there are lots of posts - but it means the platforms are always somewhat going to be in the business of choosing one post over another.
> While it may look different, this is no different than two folks on the phone getting interrupted by ATT and being told they are incorrect on their assumptions about topic X.
There are many ways in which this is different, most of which relate to the differences between audio and visual communication mediums.
Re: Facebook is now claiming official CDC.gov links are “False Information”
#10Long time ago, Google use to give higher weight to .gov domains.
Seems like at minimum the opposite should never happen, and that's negatively flagging .gov domains.
Edit: why the downvotes? If you disagree, please post a comment so we can have a healthy dialogue.