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YouTube Introduces Fact Checker Info Panels to Editorialize User Search Results
YouTube’s next stage against “misinformation” is rolling out.
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey Proposes Editorializing the Tweets of World Leaders Like Trump
Dorsey calls it providing “context that is credible.”
Facebook Will Send You a Warning if You’ve Liked Any “Misinformation” but Mainstream Media Goes Unchecked
If Facebook thinks you’ve been consuming misinformation, it’ll send you articles from the WHO to correct your world-view.
CBC Tells Kids Not to Listen to Relatives That Say Covid-19 Came From Wuhan Lab and Share Their News Instead
Canada’s state-funded broadcaster is talking directly to kids.
Facebook Backtracks After Marking Video of Hong Kong Police Storming Station as Fake News
Facebook’s controversial fact-checker strikes again.
Facebook Fact-Checks Satirical Cartoon Posted by Lone Conservative
Facebook’s fact-checking program has become a meme.
Twitter Announces New Rules Likely to Kill Some Memes
Twitter says “synthetic or manipulated media” may be labeled or removed under the new rules.
Legacy Media Outlets Admit Colluding With Google and Facebook to Remove “Misinformation”
It’s been happening since the UK general election in December 2019.
YouTube Executive Suggests Algorithm Favors News Channels That Have a “Journalism Department”
Vague terms like “authoritativeness and expertise” were passed around.
Facebook Fact-Checks and Censors Martin Luther King Jr. Memes on MLK Day
Thanks to Facebook, we know Martin Luther King Jr. never wore a MAGA hat.
Instagram Begins Fact-Checking Photoshopped or Filtered Photos
Just changing the color of a photo is now subjecting an image to fact-checking.
Instagram’s Meme Fact Checkers Have Themselves Become a Meme
Praise the internet.
