Mark Zuckerberg's recent announcement that Meta will be making major changes to its content moderation policies and practices on Facebook and Instagram, included his blockbuster plan the eliminate the company's biased third-party "fact checkers." Breitbart News has compiled some of the worst moments of Facebook's "fact checker" era to show how the biased system was used to censor conservatives. The post Censorship Hall of Shame: 12 Epic Failures of Facebook’s Biased ‘Fact Checker’ System appeared first on Breitbart.
This article argues that Facebook's third-party "fact-checking" system was inherently biased and used to censor conservative viewpoints. It cites numerous examples where fact-checkers, often with leftist leanings, falsely flagged truthful content from conservative sources like Breitbart News, suppressed their reach, and added unnecessary context to seemingly innocuous posts.
The author believes this "fact-checking" system was more about political censorship than genuine fact-checking and celebrates Meta's move to abandon this flawed approach in favor of a community-driven system.
This article argues that Facebook's third-party "fact-checking" system was inherently biased and used to censor conservative viewpoints. It cites numerous examples where fact-checkers, often with leftist leanings, falsely flagged truthful content from conservative sources like Breitbart News, suppressed their reach, and added unnecessary context to seemingly innocuous posts. The author believes this "fact-checking" system was more about political censorship than genuine fact-checking and celebrates Meta's move to abandon this flawed approach in favor of a community-driven system.
