[ April 24, 2024 ]
Alternative facts. Of course. The real facts are anathema to Facebook. Facebook continues to stigmatize diverse forms of dissent and opposition, whether peaceful or violent. If they don’t call it “terrorism,” they call it “far-right extremism” or “fake news.” These hearings are unlikely to change a thing. We are seeing an unprecedented erosion in our First Amendment rights, increasingly prohibiting the flow of ideas and free expression in the public square (social media). Run by left-wing self-possessed snowflakes, social media giants are indulging their worst autocratic impulses. And because they can, it is getting worse. “Absolute power corrupts absolutely.”
“Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg: We Use ‘Alternative Facts’ to Combat ‘Misinformation’ and ‘Fake News,’” by Robert Kraychik, Breitbart, September 5, 2018 (thanks to Todd):
Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg said her company would present “alternative facts” to combat what she described as “misinformation” spread on Facebook’s digital platform. She offered her remarks during a Wednesday Senate Intelligence Committee hearing ostensibly examining “Russian interference in U.S. elections” in Washington, DC.
Story continues below advertisementWatch Sandberg’s comments below:
Partial transcript below [emphasis added].
SANDBERG: Finding a line between what is hate speech and what is misinformation is very, very difficult, especially if you’re dedicated to expressing free expression, and sometime free expressing is expressing things you strongly disagree with. In the case of misinformation, what we do is we refer it to third-party fact-checkers. We don’t think we should be the arbiter of what’s true what’s false, and we think that’s really important. Third-party fact-checkers then mark it as false. If it’s marked as false, we dramatically decrease the distribution on our site, we warn you if you’re about to share it, we warn you if you have shared it, and importantly, we show related articles next to that so people can see alternative facts. The fundamental view is that, bad speech can often be countered by good speech, and if someone says something not true and they say it incorrectly, someone else has the opportunity to say, ‘Actually, you are wrong. This is true,’ and that’s what we’re working on through our systems….
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20 Comments
5 years ago
alternate facts from an alternate universe
5 years ago
Reply to
Halal Bacon
After facebook, twitter , even Google, youtube joins lslamofascist gang to support illegals and jihadis
suppress conservative free speech http://tinyurl.com/lgp28rs
saudi/qatar/OIC own part of twitter, Fox Network, fund CNN, MSNBC , buy out politicians , bureaucrats in education dept to push islam in schools/ colleges. Easiest way to brainwash and takeover country and shutdown free speech !
5 years ago
There are no versions of the truth. “Alternate facts” — straight out of Orwell’s 1984 doublespeak.
5 years ago
Their alternative facts come from 3rd party fact checkers, all leftists.
5 years ago
Those “alternative facts” are the “misinformation” and “fake news”.
Of course by ” anonymous sources”.
5 years ago
At 1st glance I thought it said Facebook COO COO. We present? So now facebook is in the publishing business. I thought they were just a platform. Why does facebook monitor anything other than to check for porn or extreme physical violence? This is an admission their under deep state control.
5 years ago
That is RICH!
Ahh, my 14 day waiting period to totally disconnect is almost here.
5 years ago
#WalkAwayFromFacebook!
5 years ago
Alternate facts = Alternate reality
5 years ago
Just more deep state maggot blabber.
5 years ago
“Third-party fact-checkers . . . ” That are there is the problem.
5 years ago
Reply to
livingengine
Self censorship, owning your story is what is required. I run across FB posts many times that seem suspect and someone has already labelled it fake news. Most things take care of themselves.
5 years ago
In another words we use made-up sh it when we want you to eat poo. We ourselves won’t touch the stuff. It’s above our diginity, she said.
5 years ago
DEFINE HATE SPEECH & GET THIS WOMAN TO DO SO!!
5 years ago
Hate speech is any alternative view these Marxist Leftists do not agee with!
5 years ago
Even if the speech is “hateful,” it is protected by the 1st Amendment. The 1st Amendment was specifically written FOR the protection of offensive speech. The KKK, the American NAZI party, has as much a right to state their beliefs in a public format as the NAACP.
Speech that offends no one needs no protection!
5 years ago
Alternative facts? Sounds like a far leftist dog whistle code or something.
