Facebook seems to be pretty good at verifying the "no-nudity-containingness" of all posts on its site, so I can see why someone could get the impression that th

Facebook seems to be pretty good at verifying the "no-nudity-containingness" of all posts on its site, so I can see why someone could get the impression that they should also be able to react to reports of "fake" or libellous posts. I'm somewhat doubtful that there'd be a legal basis to go after news that's simply "fake", because afaik you can't even get at the publishers of such drivel. But defamatory posts are probably fair game. Now that may appear like European crazy talk to American eyes, but just consider that Facebook is very much liable for some content in the US as well, namely copyright infringement that they don't block "expeditiously". This proposal seems to apply more or less the same mechanisms as the DMCA to a different category of "illegal speech", and I see now reason why copyright should be better protected than the democratic system.