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Re:Should social networks tell you if you’ve been following ... by acdha on Thursday September 24, 2020 @08:52AM (#24578104)
This is true in abstract but most of these claims have details which can be tested. You can’t disprove a perfect conspiracy but you can show that the named people don’t exist or weren’t in the place at that time, the “proof” image has incorrect details (e.g. remember the birthers alleging Obama had a birth certificate which mixed the name and seal of different countries and time periods?).

If it has enough detail to be tested, you can more justifiably mark it as fake. The vague unfalsifiable stuff is much less satisfying for people to spread.

Re:Should social networks tell you if you’ve been following ... by sigsergv on Thursday September 24, 2020 @09:32AM (#24578426)
To some extent, yes. Some fact checks are obvious lies of course, falsified to disprove initial claim (talking from conspiracy theory supporter's side). It's really complicated topic.
Re:Should social networks tell you if you’ve been following ... by acdha on Thursday September 24, 2020 @10:06AM (#24578716)
Definitely. I just think there’s a tendency to let perfection be the enemy of the good here: there are thorny philosophical issues but the vast majority of this stuff is not that hard to recognize as fraudulent. Facebook and Twitter tried to ignore the problem to save money, not because it was hard.