For a social media giant that fact-checks memes (particularly over on Instagram) - fact-checking opinion pieces and editorials must be, policy and justification-wise, a walk in the park.
We're talking about Facebook, of course, and Poynter is letting us know that third party contractors are now allowed to flag op-eds as "altered" and "missing context," in addition to an existing set of ratings.
This reversal comes soon after Senator Elizabeth Warren and other Democrats wrote to Facebook to ask why Facebook doesn't allow fact-checkers to look over opinion pieces.
They say that opinions are like assholes, in that everybody has one, but Facebook has now "clarified" what that means as far as the giant is concerned: sure, you can have an opinion, but you may not be able to express it. Those who interpret this as stifling of freedom of expression will surely be forgiven.
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