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Researchers Use AI to Flag “Misinformation” in Podcasts, Call for Tech Companies and Regulators to “Meet This Challenge”
Podcasting is becoming a major censorship target.
Instagram Incorrectly “Fact-Checks” Trump 9/11 Photo as “Missing Context”
Another example of a post being suppressed due to an irrelevant fact-check.
New York Times Backtracks on Calling Satire Site Babylon Bee “Misinformation”
NYT was trying to malign the popular satirical news site.
Research Suggests Correcting “Misinformation” on Twitter Doesn’t Work Anyway
A new study has the details.
Facebook Purges Pro-Trump Groups
Trump Train 2020, Red Wave; Candace Owens; and Ivanka Trump (Official) were all purged this month.
Fact-Checker Snopes Scales Back, Finding Coronavirus “Overwhelming”
Apparently, there’s just too much fake news.
CNN Reporter Ratioed After Claiming the Babylon Bee Uses Satire to Circumvent Facebook’s Misinformation Rules
CNN anchor Brian Stelter has also previously claimed that The Babylon Bee is “a fake news site.”
Facebook Fact Checks and Censors Die Hard Memes, Labels Them as “False Information”
Die Hard gets the Facebook “fact check” treatment.
Snopes Faces Criticism Over Its New “Labeled Satire” Rating
Critics are arguing that the rating insinuates that certain pieces of satire are not “real satire.”
Babylon Bee Founder Adam Ford Calls Out Snopes for Its Dishonest “Fact-Checking”
This comes after Snopes has “fact-checked” the popular satire site many times over the past few years.
Notorious “Fact Checker” Snopes Is Involved in a Bitter Legal Dispute
The legal battle is set to continue into next year.
“Fact Checker” Snopes Has Cut Ties With Facebook
Snopes has severed ties with Facebook. The news comes people are just as distrusting with so-called fact checkers as they are with news sources.
