Posted on 02/19/2022 10:58:19 AM PST by Mount Athos
Facebook parent company Meta has announced it will be implementing a ‘fact checking’ service in its messaging platform WhatsApp, in order to counter so-called ‘fake news’ during the upcoming French presidential election.
The move is part of the company’s efforts to tackle so-called ‘fake news’ during the upcoming French presidential election, with the Silicon Valley giant also announcing new anti-disinfo measures for its Instagram and Facebook platforms.
Facebook has also promised that it will make “significant efforts to combat the dissemination of false information” on its platforms, saying that it will “remove content” that violates the company’s “Community Standards”,
Also being set up as part of ramped-up anti-disinformation measures are campaigns aimed at increasing the “media literacy” of the general population, which will be rolled out on Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp.
The company’s CEO — tech multi-billionaire Mark Zuckerberg — has openly admitted that the company actively interfered in political speech in the run-up to Ireland’s seminal referendum on abortion in 2018, with the company blocking pro-life ads on the platform ahead of the public vote.
Politicians in India have also accused the Facebook platform of meddling in the country’s electoral democracy, with the social media giant reportedly giving “favourable treatment on election-related issues” to certain political groups.
Meanwhile, privacy changes made to the WhatsApp app have led to serious information privacy concerns from both users as well as government officials, with Politico reporting that the EU is now threatening Meta with sanctions over how the messaging app gathers user data.
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This would be unbelievable if it weren’t so believable.
The argument for expensive scopes has never been so clear.
Good God.
When one considers any election how could you possibly control debate so that only supposedly true statements are made?
American interference!
They have already been doing that for some time and worldwide. Knowing not to speak of hydroxychloroquine on my page I talked to a friend by FB messaging about it. They are politically connected in their country to the highest degree. Friends of their VP. My two FB pages where deleted 2 days later. No explanation.
“’Meta has announced it will be implementing a ‘fact checking’”
So what that means is if you post something Emperor Zuckerberg doesn’t like it will be banned.
Yes, even if it is a PRIVATE message sent on whatsapp between only you and your friend....
Where’s a Navajo code talker when you need one?
Ah, so now Facebook is running the entire world. Wow.
“John has a long moustache!”
We should all be preparing ourselves for the time when big tech, that includes the ISPs and telephone providers start filtering what we see and say.
There are currently ways to make yourself anonymous on the internet and to prevent big tech from doing this. I suspect that as big tech and big government start cracking down, more options and methods will become available to us.
“Blessent mon cœur d’une langueur monotone!”
Whatsapp is crap.
Oh, I just use it to stay in touch with family.
Every time I heard that over the years I’d become furious.
Probably blocking citizens who ate not cool with islamofacists decapitating priests during mass and forming rape gangs, no go zones, etc.
Misimformation?
Yup. Whatever they deem as misinformation. And a message that is deemed wrong now might very well be deemed right months from now. But would they admit it?
And who would hold them accountable when it was proven that what they censored was wrong? And how would they be held accountable — by the same government that was involved in the censorship in the first place?
Hmm. Toy have a solid point.
Thought they said they wouldn’t interfere in elections any more . . . ?
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