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The two fatal flaws in Zuckerbergs 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 wont 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 wont 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...................
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Raster
(20,996 posts)Was allowing Cambridge Analytica and Russia access to farcebook* data just another social experiment, or are you just an out-and-out traitor?
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.... to infinity. Fb should be destroyed.
Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)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
(20,996 posts)...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
(9,706 posts)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
(20,996 posts)...my page is 100% anti-tRump* 100% of the time. It helps keep me sane.
oberliner
(58,724 posts)Squinch
(50,774 posts)Elwood P Dowd
(11,443 posts)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
(21,737 posts)I don't swim in dirty water.