Posted on 09/12/2019 12:50:28 PM PDT by Morgana
Facebook has removed a fact check from a video posted by an anti-abortion group after Republican senators accused the platform of censorship.
The moves comes after the group, Live Action, as well as Republican lawmakers, complained after Facebooks third-party fact-checkers deemed that a video in which the groups president, Lila Rose, claims that abortion is never medically necessary was inaccurate.
They argued that the fact check was not impartial because two of the physicians involved in reviewing the claim had ties to abortion rights groups.
The fact check was published by the group Health Feedback, part of the International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN), which is partnered with Facebook to crack down on misinformation on the platform. Health Feedbacks reviews rated Roses claim as inaccurate, saying, Certain medical conditions such as placenta previa and HELLP syndrome can make abortion a necessary medical procedure in order to prevent the mothers death.
Live Action said that after the fact check was posted late last month, the group was notified by Facebook that its pages content would be subject to reduced distribution and other restrictions because of repeated sharing of false news.
After a group of Republican senators, including Sens. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) and Ted Cruz (R-Texas), wrote to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Wednesday with accusations of politically motivated censorship, the social media company removed the fact check from Live Actions posts.
(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.