Re:Zuckerberg Says Twitter Is Wrong to Fact-Check Trump
by mimikatz on Thursday May 28, 2020 @02:55AM
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I agree with Zuckerberg. Fact checking isn't possible as most of these things aren't "facts" twitter can prove or disprove. The illegal or threat of harm test seems like a much more reasonable one.
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Re:Zuckerberg Says Twitter Is Wrong to Fact-Check Trump
by kinjba1 on Thursday May 28, 2020 @03:26AM
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> Fact checking isn't possible
Except outright lies and misinformation are easily disproved.
But moderation is not cheap. Zuckerberg is working what he sees as the most profitable angle, unsurprisingly, and spinning it to promote his ad company. Ad views are profitable. The fact that a hands-off policy allows the promotion of genocide in Myanmar and spreads hate and propaganda everywhere faster than ever does not matter.
Re:Zuckerberg Says Twitter Is Wrong to Fact-Check Trump
by akmarinov on Thursday May 28, 2020 @03:14AM
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Surely accusing a person of murder where an investigation has concluded otherwise can be proven.
Re:Zuckerberg Says Twitter Is Wrong to Fact-Check Trump
by mimikatz on Thursday May 28, 2020 @03:23AM
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This is exactly what I am getting at. Does it prove otherwise? Can Twitter know the state of truth about this? Should we tag every post saying OJ did it with information about the trial and that he was proven innocent? What about posts about Michael Brown and the Ferguson riots? Courts found the cops innocent do we need to append the Michael Brown was murdered posts with WELL ACTUALLY the court found him not to have been murdered FACT CLOSED.
Re:Zuckerberg Says Twitter Is Wrong to Fact-Check Trump
by HeyZuess on Thursday May 28, 2020 @07:57AM
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I am not sure if twitter established any fact to be true or false, rather prompted the readers to additional information. Although there might be an interpretation that the information they pointed to could be bias (in some way).