Facebook is now claiming official CDC.gov links are “False Information”

Post by 13years » Thu, Jul 29, 2021, 8:03 PM UTC

cbsmith wrote: post #12

mikem170 wrote: post #3

The 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 Febr…

Context is king. I can easily imagine this content being used to present false narratives. This is the underlying problem we're dealing with.

Post by manofmanysmiles » Thu, Jul 29, 2021, 8:05 PM UTC

jtbayly wrote: post #11

mikem170 wrote: post #3

The 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 Febr…

I assume it has been claimed on FB that this is proof that the flu didn't disappear but just got misdiagnosed as Covid, and/or that the Covid tests results couldn't be trusted at all, hence they have been withdrawn.

Post by 13years » Thu, Jul 29, 2021, 8:06 PM UTC

jerkstate wrote: post #29

crummybowley wrote: post #6

And 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.

There really isn’t any such thing as fact checking, only narrative pushing.

Post by PaulDavisThe1st » Thu, Jul 29, 2021, 8:08 PM UTC

clipradiowallet wrote: post #17

cbsmith wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Context is king. I can easily imagine this content being used to present false narratives. This is the underlying problem we're dealing with.

> This is the underlying problem we're dealing with. What's the underlying problem? How are we dealing with it? As someone who does not and has never had a facebook account, I have very little context to understand what you are talking about.

Post by ben_w » Thu, Jul 29, 2021, 8:09 PM UTC

chmod600 wrote: post #27

pier25 wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter are the carrier, and should be treated as such. It's more nuanced than that because ATT doesn't repeat a phone call it has deemed interesting to millions of other people.

If everyone involved in the conversation wants to be involved, and no laws are broken, and the platform interferes, then it's censorship. If there's some kind of algorithm putting the content in front of people who didn't ask for it (e.g. not followers/friends/subscribers/whatever), then you have a point.