Social Media Fact Checkers Claim Their Work Isn’t Censorship - Here’s Why It Is

“Fact-checking” isn’t just labeling. It tanks the visibility of posts.

It’s quite interesting the mental gymnastics that are incorporated by fascists in government and corporate fascists as they clearly are censoring anyone that would dare question their “omnipotence” on issues.  Yet, they claim they aren’t, but we know better, don’t we?

Reclaim the Net explains why these bought-and-paid-for, self-appointed “slack hecklers” are engaged in illegal censorship.

There’s good news, and bad: first, the fact that “fact-checkers” masquerading as unbiased and accurate moderators of content – while actually unreliable and bias-prone tools of censorship – are now recognized widely enough as just that, to trigger a reaction from some prominent actors.

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But then – these “fact-checkers” are reacting in order to double down on their role as something positive, and justified.

Because there are no facts to support this attitude, one of the key “fact-checkers” is hiding behind an opinion piece. But the claim is there: “Fact-checking is not censorship,” a post on Poynter wants you to believe.

This, despite the organization, which acts to “certify fact-checkers” via the International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN), having a project that has resulted in mass suppression of posts on Facebook.

According to Facebook (Meta) CEO Mark Zuckerberg, posts that get fact-checked experience a 95% drop in clicks. In other words, even if this content is not outright removed, it is made virtually invisible. That’s censorship by any other name.

So how in the world can Poynter claim that activities of those it certifies actually result in “adding to the public debate” rather than suppressing it?

It can, and does. Meanwhile, a report recently published by Meta paints a different picture: the EU that was no doubt happy to share that “fact-checking” reduces users’ attempts to share posts by 47 and 38 percent on Facebook and Instagram, respectively.

Of course, neither Meta nor the EU are offering this data as proof of negative and nefarious efforts resulting in censorship; instead they are treated simply as proof that Meta complies with EU’s “codes” and other rules, also in the end producing more censorship.

But, while patting itself on the back in these ways, Meta unwittingly managed to undermine the credibility of its own “fact-checking partners.”

There’s a comical moment in the Poynter opinion piece (ostensibly, there’s more than one). But, while out to prove it was not trying to distract, distort, or deflect from the facts – the authors said the blog post was there to “commemorate” something called, “International Fact-Checking Day 2024.”

Have “fact-checkers” – practiced at it as they are – just made another thing up?

This is why the First Amendment was put in place:  To keep Congress from writing legislation to censor speech, as well as creations of the state that are literally extensions of the state (The State incorporates them).

It’s exactly why these people need to be dealt with in a similar manner to our politicians who are encouraging this lawlessness.

Article posted with permission from Sons of Liberty Media