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J_William_Ryan

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1. The end of fact-checking at Meta is a dream come true for conservatives, of course.

Reply to blm (Original post)

Sat Jan 11, 2025, 11:32 AM

Jan 2025

Conservatives are now at liberty to spread all manner of disinformation and lies on social media, along with rightwing hate speech.

And as private entities social media are at liberty to do nothing at all about rightwing disinformation and lies.

Conservatives will continue their war on facts and the truth, neither of which are ‘political.’

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Former fact-checker at Facebook fact-checks Zuckerberg on his current lies. [View all] blm Jan 2025 OP

The end of fact-checking at Meta is a dream come true for conservatives, of course. J_William_Ryan Jan 2025 #1

Liberals are at liberty too. BonnieJW Jan 2025 #5

BlueSky DownriverDem Jan 2025 #8

Well, I like blue sky oldmanlynn Jan 2025 #13

Good. OldBaldy1701E Jan 2025 #2

Why not just post truthful stuff oldmanlynn Jan 2025 #15

Social media is like a piranha pool. OldBaldy1701E Jan 2025 #23

support social media and news sources that hire fact checkers cadoman Jan 2025 #3

Getting rid of fact checkers was probably something he was already itching to do. paulkienitz Jan 2025 #4

ANYTHING that contradicts... GiqueCee Jan 2025 #6

Isn't "Fakebook" already in wide use as a pejorative ? eppur_se_muova Jan 2025 #7

The fact-checkers would have been fine in the eyes of moniss Jan 2025 #9

I hate zuckerberg ..... I wish he was GONE... Trueblue1968 Jan 2025 #10

may be time to finally ditch Facebook RussBLib Jan 2025 #11

Unless, of course, one never had it or used it in thefirst place. I didn't soldierant Jan 2025 #22

I saw it as garbage immediately Skittles Jan 2025 #24

This Fact-checker Gets It. DallasNE Jan 2025 #12

facts have a liberal bias Skittles Jan 2025 #25

Age of the Oligarchs surfered Jan 2025 #14

The truth Puppyjive Jan 2025 #16

Link to the archived version of the article Ms. Toad Jan 2025 #17

Thank you for posting BoRaGard Jan 2025 #18

someone should start a new Meta 4catsmom Jan 2025 #19

Verify First would be a great name blm Jan 2025 #20

call the twins et tu Jan 2025 #28

Yes indeed after all NPR tax support was cut because, conservatives claimed, "truth has a liberal bias." nt ShazamIam Jan 2025 #21

This message was self-deleted by its author wcmagumba Jan 2025 #26

I psoted a pic today of Melania on Facebook with her private blocked out and they removed the post! kimbutgar Jan 2025 #27