Survey of 2,200+ Facebook users from Dec.-Jan.: 330+ saw flagged posts about controversial issues, like 2020 election, but “false” label was added only 12 times
especially if it came from Trump Charlesarthur / The Overspill : Start Up No.1487: Ericsson chief slams Europe on 5G, Bloomberg insists on Supermicro, Apple escapes Epic sideload bill, and more Tweets: @themarkup : Facebook's flags fluttered unevenly in response to election and COVID-19 misinformation, #CitizenBrowser data shows. @jonkeegan, @colinlecher, and @corintxt have the platform's response to its problem and to our sample's least reliable poster: Trump. https://themarkup.org/... @themarkup : Facebook's flags fluttered unevenly in response to election and COVID-19 misinformation, #CitizenBrowser data shows. @jonkeegan, @colinlecher, and @corintxt have the platform's response to its problem and to our sample's least reliable poster: Trump. https://themarkup.org/... Justin Hendrix / @justinhendrix : The proposed 1/6 Commission needs to look at disinformation and the tech platforms as one vector in the path to that bloody day. https://twitter.com/... Emily Bell / @emilybell : Interesting work from @themarkup https://themarkup.org/... https://twitter.com/... Jason Kint / @jason_kint : Entirely agree. And this time don't let Mark Zuckerberg, led by Sheryl Sandberg, lobby their way out of answering the most difficult questions and decisions. They covered-up 2016 among other things, so assume the worst once again. https://twitter.com/... Corin Faife / @corintxt : How often does Facebook call an untrue post “false”? As @jonkeegan, @colinlecher & I reported, vary rarely - even if it contains debunked conspiracy theories. Latest in @themarkup's #CitizenBrowser series, out today: https://themarkup.org/... See also Mediagazer