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Facebook "fact checking" warning and censorship.

Posted on 9/14/20 at 7:33 am
Posted by blueboy
Member since Apr 2006
56336 posts
Posted on 9/14/20 at 7:33 am
So I posted this article to my page:

BLM activist livestreams his own arrest after allegedly setting fire in Washington State

And today, I get a "fact check" warning and censorship of my post with a "false news" cover over the article, saying
quote:

False Information Found in Your Post

Independent fact-checkers at Science Feedback say information in your post is partly false. To stop the spread of false news, we've added a notice to your post.
You can check out additional reporting from independent fact-checkers who investigate reports of false information across Facebook.
with the verdict from a very dubious "fact check" site being
quote:

Western US wildfires are not the result of widespread arson
Nothing in what I posted was false. A guy live streamed his arrest after committing arson. Nowhere in the article does it say the fires were exclusively caused by arsonists. The story is 100% true, but FB censored it anyway.

frick these people.
Posted by The Maj
Member since Sep 2016
27117 posts
Posted on 9/14/20 at 7:34 am to
quote:

Facebook


Found your problem, didn't have to read far.
Posted by wickowick
Head of Island
Member since Dec 2006
45804 posts
Posted on 9/14/20 at 7:34 am to
Welcome to the war
Posted by Mrtommorrow1987
Twilight Zone
Member since Feb 2008
13127 posts
Posted on 9/14/20 at 7:35 am to
I hope Trump nukes Facebook, Twitter, google, and YouTube in his second term.
Posted by Indefatigable
Member since Jan 2019
26273 posts
Posted on 9/14/20 at 7:36 am to
Imagine still having a Facebook.
Posted by TrueTiger
Chicken's most valuable
Member since Sep 2004
67904 posts
Posted on 9/14/20 at 7:37 am to
quote:

Western US wildfires are not the result of widespread arson



They aren't the result of climate change.
Posted by Diamondawg
Mississippi
Member since Oct 2006
32242 posts
Posted on 9/14/20 at 7:41 am to
I have no idea why someone would link this on Facebook but aside from that, did they say what was false info?
Posted by CleverUserName
Member since Oct 2016
12616 posts
Posted on 9/14/20 at 7:50 am to
quote:

So I posted this article to my page: BLM activist livestreams his own arrest after allegedly setting fire in Washington State And today, I get a "fact check" warning and censorship of my post with a "false news" cover over the article, saying


Yet your account is still active? Right?

So basically you bend over and take it... and then go back and ask for more.

“But... but.. but... pictures!”
Posted by blueboy
Member since Apr 2006
56336 posts
Posted on 9/14/20 at 7:51 am to
It's in the link
quote:

Western US wildfires are not the result of widespread arson
Which is not what the article claims. It's a factual story about one guy who was arrested.

So they Snopes-ed me. They falsely claim the article says that, and censored it based on that bullshite.
Posted by teke184
Zachary, LA
Member since Jan 2007
95420 posts
Posted on 9/14/20 at 7:57 am to
Yes. Because it didn’t meet the official story.

You didn’t see graphite on the ground because it wasn’t there. The radiation was only 3.2 roentgens.
Posted by mrgreenpants
paisaland
Member since Mar 2018
1421 posts
Posted on 9/14/20 at 8:00 am to
delete your facebook.


problem solved.
Posted by Niccolo Machiavelli
Member since Jun 2020
1622 posts
Posted on 9/14/20 at 8:00 am to
Their trick is to build a Strawman around your post then say your post is false based upon whatever Strawman they set up. Snopes has been running that ‘fact checking’ scam for years.
Posted by La Place Mike
West Florida Republic
Member since Jan 2004
28808 posts
Posted on 9/14/20 at 8:05 am to
The same happened to me. The article I posted didn't say what the "fact checker" said was false.
Posted by Diamondawg
Mississippi
Member since Oct 2006
32242 posts
Posted on 9/14/20 at 8:07 am to
So they are a publisher?
Posted by NC_Tigah
Carolinas
Member since Sep 2003
123902 posts
Posted on 9/14/20 at 8:16 am to
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frick these people.
FTP
Posted by V2_Jigsaw
Member since Apr 2017
358 posts
Posted on 9/14/20 at 8:20 am to
Should’ve said that u had multiple anonymous sources..that works for the msm
Posted by AGreySlate
South Carolina
Member since Jun 2018
846 posts
Posted on 9/14/20 at 8:49 am to
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Facebook

quote:

Found your problem, didn't have to read far.

We’re lucky to have a site such as TigerDroppings to be able to have reasonable debate and information representation (as much as the shrill shills like to deem it an echo-chamber).

Many people get most of their information from FB and other social media sites where heavy censorship exists. It’s important for people to keep attempting to spread valid information via those avenues. The ongoing censorship can further illuminate one mind after another as it happens to someone who may have thought they were “right-minded”.
This post was edited on 9/14/20 at 8:56 am
Posted by FightinTiga
Pumpkin Center
Member since Feb 2009
20745 posts
Posted on 9/14/20 at 8:50 am to
Beat me to it
Posted by TGFN57
Telluride
Member since Jan 2010
6975 posts
Posted on 9/14/20 at 9:17 am to
Stomp your feet and hold your breath. That'll show em who's boss
Posted by Tigahs24Seven
Communist USA
Member since Nov 2007
12123 posts
Posted on 9/14/20 at 9:37 am to
They take one or two words that "they" can twist to be "perhaps" untrue and then censor the entire article... As in your case, "widespread" arson can't be traced back.... Not that ANY of it CAN be traced BACK, but ALL of it CAN'T, so you are censored.
It should be against the law.
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