How can Facebook stop climate misinformation when its 'fact-checkers' are deniers?

[turbinetree]

The two fatal flaws in Zuckerberg’s plan to deal with fake news.

JOE ROMM JUL 20, 2018, 8:35 AM

If you had any hope that Facebook would be a positive force in the fight against catastrophic climate change, founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg dashed them this week.

Serious U.S. climate action has been stalled by billions of dollars in spending by the big fossil fuel polluters that have spread disinformation to politicians, the media, and the public.

But this week, Zuckerberg made clear that Facebook won’t explicitly ban either Holocaust denial or an extreme conspiracy theory guy like Alex Jones — who is a major climate science denier.

Worse, in clarifying his remarks, Zuckerberg said Wednesday that while he won’t block fake news from appearing on his site, his fact-checkers would stop it from spreading widely.

But we already know that Zuckerberg is partnering with a right-wing media outlet that spreads climate disinformation to fact-check stories. And he recently brought in a right-wing think tank that spreads climate disinformation to figure out whether Facebook displays a liberal bias.

https://thinkprogress.org/zuckerberg-clarification-shows-facebook-wont-stop-climate-denial-fd38fbc45cd4/


Fuck you facebook...................

https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown/election?p0=263&iso=20181106T12&msg=2018%20Midterm%20Elections

[Raster]

1. Fuck you and farcebook, Zuckerberg!

Was allowing Cambridge Analytica and Russia access to farcebook* data just another social experiment, or are you just an out-and-out traitor?

:finger:

[ffr]

2. +1

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[ffr]

3. +2

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[ffr]

4. +3

.... to infinity. Fb should be destroyed.

[Fred Sanders]

5. To be fair Zucky gave away the information to CA and Bannon, and they passed it to Russia...

data on 300 million Americans and Wikileaks criminal hacks, combined with GRU operations using all that information made for deadly, targeted election corruption of the 2016 election. The evidence is overwhelming when you connect the dots.

Many had these very suspicions in 2016. Justice is slow, but nigh.

[Raster]

7. I have no intention of "being fair"... I believe Zuck* the fuck KNEW what the data would be used for

...and I believe he did consider it a type of experiment, regardless of the outcome.

You do know he has talked about getting into politics, right?

[Glorfindel]

6. I'm more and more glad every day that I ditched Facebook

I was on it for a couple of months several years ago. Decided it just wasn't for me and haven't regretted it one bit.

[Raster]

8. I joined in 2007... I pretty much just piddled around with it until tRump*...

...my page is 100% anti-tRump* 100% of the time. It helps keep me sane.

[oberliner]

9. Who knew that Facebook would morph into what it has become

[Squinch]

10. And still people patronize that nonsense and say they can't live without it.

[Elwood P Dowd]

11. It is now time for a massive 'Boycott Facebook' campaign.

I dumped them during the Obama years because of all the racist crap they allowed. Now, asshole Zuckerberg is turning it into a fake news and propaganda site for the Cult 45 crowd.

[DinahMoeHum]

12. Glad I've never EVER had an account with Facebook.

I don't swim in dirty water.