Orange Man Bad, Yellow Man Good 
I hope somebody sees this before it gets nuked...
Posted on 04/16/2020 6:34:41 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
Facebook will begin to alert users after they’ve been exposed to misinformation about the coronavirus, the company announced Thursday, the latest in a series of actions meant to curtail the spread of wrong or misleading claims related to the pandemic.
Users who have liked, commented on or reacted to coronavirus misinformation that has been flagged as “harmful” by Facebook and removed will now be directed to a website debunking coronavirus myths from the World Health Organization.
The announcement came in a blog post written by Guy Rosen, Facebook's vice president of integrity.
“We want to connect people who may have interacted with harmful misinformation about the virus with the truth from authoritative sources in case they see or hear these claims again off of Facebook,” Rosen wrote.
The new alert will not identify the specific post containing harmful misinformation, according to a Facebook spokesperson, who said the company was relying on research that shows repeated exposure - even in fact checks - can sometimes reinforce misinformed beliefs.
The move by Facebook is just the most recent step in an aggressive and coordinated response by it and other tech companies to promote facts and guidance from reputable sources about the spread of the coronavirus and combat the glut of false information that the WHO in February warned had become a “massive infodemic.”
Facebook has also provided the WHO and other health organizations fighting the coronavirus with free ads and continues to ban ads that promote fake coronavirus cures.
(Excerpt) Read more at nbcnews.com ...
I was thinking the same thing.
I disabled mine a long time age. Saw what it was and the damage it could do to our people and our country.
By misinformation, I take it they mean things that don’t fit the narrative.
Fakebook
Facebook’s motto. “Ignorance is Strength”.
How dare anyone have a dissenting opinion against their demi-god masters!
1984
And MILLIONS of low-info voters, and childless Demonrat cat ladies, and soy boys, will buy the propaganda of “WHO good, Orange Man bad”.
NBC "News"/CHIComcast
Thanks for the post.
“...a website debunking coronavirus myths from the World Health Organization.”
Read that again. Sounds like they’re debunking CV myths that came from the WHO — not that WHO is debunking myths. Gee, maybe those English classes were important.
Does anybody still use Facebook anymore?
I still have an account because other apps use my Facebook login, but I only log into Facebook maybe once per week, and I haven’t really paid attention to my wall in months.
Wrongthink will be corrected.
Facebook is evil.
F Facebook.
When being a censor just isn’t enough, they go full snitch.
Never used it, never will.
F Facebook.
FascistBuch is one thing - you mostly have to give up your name and personal info to them.
Twitter, you can be anonymous, and that's where the war is at.
In the same sense that the clinton administration was the most ethical ever, and the obama administration the most transparent evah...
They fled from Vietnam during the massive “boat people” exodus in the mid-1970s.
His first generation American wife is obviously brilliant.
She was valedictorian of her high school, a Harvard graduate in biology and Spanish, and a M.D. from the University of San Francisco, which is often ranked in the Top 5 USA med schools.
Orange Man Bad, Yellow Man Good
I hope somebody sees this before it gets nuked...
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