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With regards to right wing pages who contact Facebook to get their flags resolved, the article seems to suggest it's inappropriate that they reached out directl
by solidsnack9000 6y ago
With regards to right wing pages who contact Facebook to get their flags resolved, the article seems to suggest it's inappropriate that they reached out directly -- but the business relationship is between Facebook and the user with a profile, not the user with a profile and a 3rd party.
These and other interventions appear to be in violation of Facebook’s official policy, which requires publishers wishing to dispute a fact check rating to contact the Facebook fact-checking partner responsible.
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Instead of appealing to the fact-checker they immediately call their rep at Facebook...
This is a little like when my package gets lost, and -- very rarely -- the shipper tells me to contact the post office instead of simply claiming the insurance and refunding me. These shippers often don't give me the receipt I need to show the post office that it was insured -- because telling me to contact the post office is just another way to say, not my problem. The post office is likely to say: please contact the shipper...
If the user isn't happy with what Facebook did -- regardless of whose advice Facebook took -- they have every right to contact Facebook.