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Facebook fact checking losing supports ...

rslade — Mon, 04 Feb 2019 20:25:36 GMT

Facebook has been paying Associated Press and the Snopes site to help combat fake news on the Facebook site.

Fact-checking firms have been frustrated by Facebook's lack of transparency in this regard.

Snopes and AP are pulling out of the Facebook contracts.

Re: Facebook fact checking losing supports ...

Shannon — Tue, 05 Feb 2019 01:25:50 GMT

I wouldn't be surprised if Facebook attempted to pay them 'under the table,' and subsequently, we're seeing that the table is wobbling --- though there's no telling exactly how that happened...

Re: Facebook fact checking losing supports ...

Flyslinger2 — Tue, 05 Feb 2019 14:19:28 GMT

Smoke and mirrors comes to mind. It's a PR stunt to pacify those that don't dig deep. Those companies aren't interested in getting their reputations besmirched from FB's antics so they bailed.