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Re:Facebook admits it must do more to stop the spread of mis... by z_mollusk on Thursday November 10, 2016 @02:49PM (#12923595)
"they were pushed to that by accusations of bias in the right-wing media."

Accusations of bias? I think you mean to say that actual Facebook employees stated this as a fact. And the story was covered by ALL news outlets, starting with Gizmodo.

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Re:Facebook admits it must do more to stop the spread of mis... by tn13 on Thursday November 10, 2016 @03:40PM (#12924118)
And Zuckerberg meeting right wing leaders shows that there was great element of truth in it.
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Re:Facebook admits it must do more to stop the spread of mis... by unethical_ban on Thursday November 10, 2016 @05:19PM (#12925039)
It could also mean he was simply running damage control on a bullshit accusation he had no way of denying.

If sites are spreading factually provable lies through Facebook as fact, and people are acting on it, should Facebook have any say in telling people "Hey, this is garbage"?

It's an open question.

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Re:Facebook admits it must do more to stop the spread of mis... by dhimes on Thursday November 10, 2016 @05:34PM (#12925168)
It's also partly a constitutional question. I want my friends and I to be able to share articles we find in whatever press on FB. I'll filter by friend. (Mea Culpa: I haven't read TFA yet, so I may be missing some context.)
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Re:Facebook admits it must do more to stop the spread of mis... by gohrt on Thursday November 10, 2016 @06:28PM (#12925669)
> ALL news outlets, starting with Gizmodo.

That's like saying "the truth of this information is at least 0"

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