PGC – Facebook is being accused of letting climate ‘misinformation’ get through its filters by a social media report that is sure to give ammunition to those who would wish to see power more rooted in their particular sphere of power.
Governments around the world can now use its own too-quick willingness to attempt to be responsibile for something like misinformation when it threw in with the coalition of the willing in opposition to the great bad boogeyman Donald J Trump, whose legend was used as a justification for turning the 2020 election into a war to overcome filters or lock down opposition to the shared outcome, a DNC win, by any means necessary.
Now, Facebook’s willingness to dive in to such a sea of responsibility in the name of stopping the literal devil, Donald J Trump, makes them vulnerable to any government ruling wannabes that can now use its accepted ‘responsibility’ of being the filter of true data versus misinformation across the board.
So long as the government officials have the ear and the voice and the power of the state behind them, their definition of misinformation had better be yours, Facebook, else you face fines or other such measures beyond fines, such as Facebook-busting antitrust moves.
When you dance with the devil, don’t be surprised when you find, at the end of the dance, all of your valuables missing.
Facebook let fossil-fuel industry push climate misinformation, report finds : worldnews
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2021-08-05 02:16:59
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Facebook failed to enforce its own rules to curb an oil and gas industry misinformation campaign over the climate crisis during last year’s presidential election, according to a new analysis released on Thursday.
Exxon alone spent $5m.”The industry is using a range of messaging tactics that are far more nuanced than outright statements of climate denial. Some of the most significant tactics found included tying the use…
