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Facebooks Fact Checks are Just Opinion
Facebooks Fact Checks are Just OpinionFacebook just confirmed in court what we already knew: Their "fact checks" aren't facts. They're opinion. The tech giant is in the middle of a legal battle with TV journalist John Stossel, who is suing them because they fact-checked one of his stories.Facebook's defense? They say they shouldn't be the target of a defamation suit because their fact-checking is done by third-party organizations who are entitled to their “opinion.” Opinion? So Facebook uses opinions to fact-check posts? What about when the company fact checks information about Covid? Is that…
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