Sly “fact-checking” tactics that lead to social media censorship

? A small number of pre-ordained fact-checkers have the power to use these tactics and prevent millions of social media users from seeing certain posts.

Tom Parker

Online fact-checking is presented as a process where objective, unbiased fact-checkers assess the truthfulness of content and ensure that viewers are made aware of any falsehoods.

This idealistic vision is used to justify the massive censorship power fact-checking partners have on Big Tech platforms. For example, on Facebook, if these fact-checking partners flag a post as “false,” it gets hidden behind a warning label and its viewership drops by 95%.

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