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Clip shows misinformation still has a home on Facebook

by ghobs91 on 5/25/19, 1:59 PM with 41 comments

  • by ekianjo on 5/25/19, 2:27 PM

    > Misrepresented occurrences such as this are used to energise lies that have bubbled around in the far reaches of the internet for a while, waiting for their moment.

    You don't need to wait for the Internet, most large media groups are propaganda tools for their own political side. No need to do any "deep fake", "selective editing" is all that's needed to take things out of context and publish a different narrative based on what you want to portray.

    Now the question is, what do we do about propaganda, regardless of the medium?

  • by kodablah on 5/25/19, 2:26 PM

    Geez, is this an op-ed or news? The article goes on and on about it being too late, energizing lies, human instinct, blah blah. It's clearly written to encourage censorship yet it's at a /news URL written by someone with the title of "reporter". Gross.

  • by Browun on 5/25/19, 2:27 PM

    > In other words, we allow people to post it as a form of expression, but we’re not going to show it at the top of News Feed.

    So back to the mantra of, "trust us, we'll show you what you need to know"? I thought that was exactly the attitude that got them in to this mess in the first place?!?

  • by nemild on 5/25/19, 2:31 PM

    For more context, see this piece by Renee DiResta highlighting the difference between free speech and free reach (previously, there was little distinction between the two at Facebook):

    https://www.wired.com/story/free-speech-is-not-the-same-as-f...

  • by p0cc on 5/25/19, 2:23 PM

    "a lie will fly around the whole world while the truth is getting its boots on"

    - misattributed to Mark Twain, 1921

  • by bqqyz on 5/25/19, 2:29 PM

    I think it's not Facebook's responsibility to censor stuff on that's posted in their network but still:

    Whoever receives and watches this video on Facebook is engaged in right-wing groups/pages/circles and was unlikely to vote for Pelosi anyway.

    (I'm not American so I don't know who she is, I guess the continuation of Clinton?)