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Facebook Accepted Thousands of Dollars to Promote Ad Its Fact Checkers Debunked
- ptah 7y agoalso PragerU is extremely dodgy, using "university" in its full name yet providing zero university services. it is a pure-play propaganda house
- dr-detroit 7y agoTo be fair, in the alternate dimension of reality that the Nu Right exists in that ad is entirely true and correct
- throwGuardian 7y agoIronic that BuzzFeed - the emperor of fake news, is the one carrying this story. Apparently, lying is only punishable on social media when the publication has a conservative bent.
- cartercole 7y agofree speech doesn't mean you need to be telling the truth... do you really expect facebook to arbitrate all truth claims?
- hfdh434535 7y agoNo but it would be great if they'd stop profiting off lies. Facebook claims to care about climate change: https://sustainability.fb.com/ https://sustainability.fb.com/ But if they are taking money to help people deny it, then the incentives don't line up. This can't be good, right?
- runawaybottle 7y agoI think we all need to stop pretending that the infrastructure for advertising hasn’t existed forever. Yes, the ad is now on a website, great. It used to be on TV and a magazine. What are all these ‘new’ concerns that haven’t existed forever? Oh, that the ad might be bullshit? Lol.
- JohnClark1337 7y agoOh my, say it isn't true! I can't believe it! This is unprecedented!