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> This could point toward Facebook’s role in misinformation scandals, but given this is what has helped power QAnon and COVID-19 vaccine conspiracies on the rig
by version_five 5y ago
> This could point toward Facebook’s role in misinformation scandals, but given this is what has helped power QAnon and COVID-19 vaccine conspiracies on the right, it’s a point of interest that the vast majority of Republicans consider Facebook to be the Big Tech outfit with too much power.
Maybe I misunderstand this statement [admittedly, a sentence with two "this" and an "it's" makes it hard to definitively parse the subject]. It seems like a blatant cheap shot at associating being right wing / Republican with being a conspiracy theorist. I keep seeing more of these digs at the right as if anyone who is a conservative is somehow some kind of raving conspiracy nut. It's a bit ironic because I imagine the group thinking these jabs are appropriate probably also thinks "misinformation" is bad, despite being happy to mischaracterize those that disagree with them at every opportunity.