Facebook adds labels to voting-related posts from US politicians like Trump and Biden that say “Get official voting info” without fact checking the posts
it might even seem that Facebook is endorsing what Trump is saying and providing a path for more information. https://twitter.com/... Roger McNamee / @moonalice : FB's labeling of Trump's false and inflammatory post is irresponsible. Rather than call out the falsehood, the label is worded so that some will read it as an endorsement of a false statement. https://twitter.com/... Emmy Bengtson / @emmya2 : this is not so much like spritzing a spray bottle of water at a wildfire as singing a song to it https://twitter.com/... Marshall Cohen / @marshallcohen : Facebook began labeling political posts today, but experts are already pointing out flaws. Trump posted blatant lies about a “rigged election.” Biden encouraged people to “vote Donald Trump out.” Both posts got the same treatment. False balance. w/ @donie https://www.cnn.com/... Marshall Cohen / @marshallcohen : Good thread. At first, this looked like a landmark move by Facebook against misinformation. But as @donie and others pointed out, Facebook gave the same treatment to a Biden post that contained zero false claims. This raises question about what the labeling actually accomplishes. https://twitter.com/... Parker Molloy / @parkermolloy : So, rather than noting that this is patently false... Facebook leaves the post up as is, doesn't say whether it's true or false, and then just... adds a link to a page telling Trump supporters how to register to vote. If anything, Facebook adding that to his post helped him. https://twitter.com/... Ginny Marvin / @ginnymarvin : We can't call this a “label” in the sense that it indicates anything about the veracity of a Facebook post. If anything it looks like an “official” stamp of approval/corroboration wherever it appears. https://twitter.com/... Mike Ananny / @ananny : “The-answer-to-bad-speech-is-more- speech” isn't even designed well, Facebook. The “warning” looks like an endorsement & link to more info. I know you're loathe to do anything but feign an interest in “neutral” fact-checking (https://www.cjr.org/...) but your policies are a mess https://twitter.com/... Jeff Jarvis / @jeffjarvis : Sigh. This doesn't look like a challenge. It looks like an offer to get more of the same. Was any research done on the impact of this message on users? The point is to warn them. Do they feel warned by this? I'll bet not. https://twitter.com/... Richard Garriott / @richardgarriott : Ugh, @Facebook can't you guys get this right? You've got billions to spend on it. Grow up. Do the right thing. Call liars out. Stop the racists. Stop the violence inciters. Stop the @POTUS https://twitter.com/... Donie O'Sullivan / @donie : This is an interesting point. The way Facebook is doing these labels, could it appear to some that the labels endorse the content in the post? @andymstone @guyro https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/... Donie O'Sullivan / @donie : This is part of the plan Zuckerberg announced a few weeks ago to label posts about the election — without saying if it is true or false. https://www.facebook.com/... https://twitter.com/... Donie O'Sullivan / @donie : Twitter did nothing about Trump's unfounded claims today about a “corrupt election,” and Facebook did as good as nothing. Both companies claim they are taking misinformation about the election seriously. The latest w/@MarshallCohen https://www.cnn.com/...
This kind of goldilocks approach that tries to give out accurate information without contradicting and therefore upsetting Donald Trump doesn't work. If anything, it looks like a message endorsing Trump's views. It's critical that Facebook clearly label this post as false. https:…
This warning seems pretty useless—it might even seem that Facebook is endorsing what Trump is saying and providing a path for more information. https://twitter.com/...
FB's labeling of Trump's false and inflammatory post is irresponsible. Rather than call out the falsehood, the label is worded so that some will read it as an endorsement of a false statement. https://twitter.com/...
Facebook began labeling political posts today, but experts are already pointing out flaws. Trump posted blatant lies about a “rigged election.” Biden encouraged people to “vote Donald Trump out.” Both posts got the same treatment. False balance. w/ @donie https://www.cnn.com/...
Good thread. At first, this looked like a landmark move by Facebook against misinformation. But as @donie and others pointed out, Facebook gave the same treatment to a Biden post that contained zero false claims. This raises question about what the labeling actually accomplishes.…
So, rather than noting that this is patently false... Facebook leaves the post up as is, doesn't say whether it's true or false, and then just... adds a link to a page telling Trump supporters how to register to vote. If anything, Facebook adding that to his post helped him. http…
We can't call this a “label” in the sense that it indicates anything about the veracity of a Facebook post. If anything it looks like an “official” stamp of approval/corroboration wherever it appears. https://twitter.com/...
“The-answer-to-bad-speech-is-more- speech” isn't even designed well, Facebook. The “warning” looks like an endorsement & link to more info. I know you're loathe to do anything but feign an interest in “neutral” fact-checking (https://www.cjr.org/...) but your policies are a mess …
Sigh. This doesn't look like a challenge. It looks like an offer to get more of the same. Was any research done on the impact of this message on users? The point is to warn them. Do they feel warned by this? I'll bet not. https://twitter.com/...
Ugh, @Facebook can't you guys get this right? You've got billions to spend on it. Grow up. Do the right thing. Call liars out. Stop the racists. Stop the violence inciters. Stop the @POTUS https://twitter.com/...
This is an interesting point. The way Facebook is doing these labels, could it appear to some that the labels endorse the content in the post? @andymstone @guyro https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
This is part of the plan Zuckerberg announced a few weeks ago to label posts about the election — without saying if it is true or false. https://www.facebook.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Twitter did nothing about Trump's unfounded claims today about a “corrupt election,” and Facebook did as good as nothing. Both companies claim they are taking misinformation about the election seriously. The latest w/@MarshallCohen https://www.cnn.com/...