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1. Facebook talks a lot about all the steps its taking to limit misinformation about COVID-19

Is it working?

Not really

Dangerous conspiracy theories about COVID-19 continue to run rampant on the platform

popular.info/p/covid-conspi…
2. Rashid A. Buttar has a verified page on Facebook with 223,593 followers

In a series of posts and videos, Buttar asserts that COVID-19 is a gov't conspiracy and hospitals are intentionally killing people to drive up support for a mandatory vaccine

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3. Buttar also falsely claims that hydroxychloroquine, an anti-malaria drug touted by Trump, has a 99% success rate against COVID-19

Some of his videos have been viewed 500K+ times on Facebook

None of his recent posts have been fact-checked or removed

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4. If Facebook is committed to combating misinfo about COVID-19, why is content like this given wide distribution?

First, Facebook's third-party fact-checking program is much too small for a platform the size of Facebook.

Almost nothing gets checked

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5. Second, Facebook has made a policy decision that conspiracy theories about the origins of COVID-19 are not dangerous enough to warrant removal

Facebook has made this explicit

popular.info/p/covid-conspi…
6. Facebook is more effective at communicating the idea that it is limiting misinfo about COVID-19 on its platform than actually limiting the misinformation

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1. Facebook has said UNEQUIVOCALLY that posts claiming masks will make you sick "could lead to imminent harm" & will be removed

On Monday, I reported Facebook wasn't enforcing the policy & Facebook responded by removing many of the examples I highlighted

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2. Now that the story has been published things are back to the status quo. Large Facebook pages continue to publish the false claim that masks make you sick & Facebook is doing nothing

Here are 4 examples in the last 24 hrs. There are MANY more

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3. I guess I could just spend my time searching Facebook and sending them examples of posts that violate their policies but that's not really my job.

Facebook should enforce its own policies.

But how do you hold a $600 billion company accountable?

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FACT: The Association of American Physicians & Surgeons is a fringe right-wing group

The org also:

Said HIV doesn't cause AIDS

Linked vaccines to autism

Says abortion causes cancer

Doctors must sign a pledge not to work with Medicare or Medicaid
So yes, the campaign manager for the President is promoting a dangerous drug and an organization that suggested Obama was elected because he was ABLE TO HYPNOTIZE VOTERS.

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I'm not exaggerating.

Here is the article from the AAPS suggesting Obama convinced Jews to support him by hypnotizing them through speech patterns.

aapsonline.org/oratory-or-hyp…
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WTF
Studies have found that Hydroxychloroquine is not an effective treatment for COVID-19.

It's killing veterans.

(Trump also, AFIK, does not have COVID-19.)

popular.info/p/veterans-as-…
There is a decent chance Trump is not taking it and is lying but that doesn't make this any better
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