It was likely a targeted campaign to cut off the Babylon Bee's traffic source. The Bee had been targeting the Snopes brand for a while with headlines like, "Sn

It was likely a targeted campaign to cut off the Babylon Bee's traffic source. The Bee had been targeting the Snopes brand for a while with headlines like, "Snopes Issues Pre-Approval Of All Statements Made During Tonight's Democratic Debate." Facebook contracted with Snopes to fact check the news. Snopes knew that if they kept labeling obvious satire as false, The Bee would be more difficult to share on Facebook and potentially banned. This happened, but Facebook realized the error and no longer uses Snopes for fact-checking. https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/erik-wemple/wp/2018/03/02/facebook-admits-mistake-in-flagging-satire-about-cnn-spinning-the-news-with-a-washing-machine/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/erik-wemple/wp/2018/03/...