Mark Zuckerberg says Facebook has independent fact checkers, is open to all perspectives, and doesn’t interfere in elections.
But a new investigation found Facebook is funding activists demanding censorship of their enemies during a national referendum.
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“Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology has been allowed by Facebook parent company Meta to block & deplatform Australian journalism, despite the platform knowing it was a breach of the rules Zuckerberg established to distance himself from fact checking responsibilities”
It’s the same censorship playbook everywhere:
“The university used the powers Facebook has given it to throttle Sky News Australia’s Facebook page with false fact checks multiple times this year, breaching the Meta-endorsed IFCN Code of Principles and preventing millions of Australians from reading or watching Sky News Australia’s journalism.
Fact checkers employed by RMIT have led to numerous code breaches, including one fact checker using her social media account to label Opposition Leader Peter Dutton a fear-mongering racist for his views on the Voice.
The censorship creeps spread disinformation while demanding censorship:
“An audit of RMIT Voice fact checks showed the 17 Voice checks between May 3 and June 23 this year were all targeting anti-Voice opinions or views.
“Former ABC journalist Russell Skelton now heads the RMIT Fact Lab which has a commercial contract with Meta to police content on its chief platform, Facebook.
“Skelton is unashamedly partisan on social media, and has published dozens of tweets criticising conservative viewpoints and the journalists he has been tasked with fact checking.
What a scandal.
Bravo to @Houghtontweets for uncovering it.
The Censorship Industrial Complex is vast and deep
It is a vampire that can be killed through exposure to sunlight
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@Houghtontweets The fact checkers are the same authoritarian narcissists in every country
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