.@Facebook recently removed 'false information' warning from a video shared by BJP's @himantabiswa. This led Biswa to further his false narrative. The tech giant claimed it doesn't fact-check politicians but the reality is that it does sometimes...when convenient.
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Here's a fact-check warning placed on Congress leader Udit Raj's post. In fact, Facebook had also added a similar warning on a post by BJP's Tajinder Bagga. (2/6)
Facebook banned political ads in the run-up to US Presidential elections and has now extended the policy for at least a month keeping Georgia Senate runoffs in mind.
Will it mirror the policy ahead of WB polls, a state nine times more populated than Georgia?
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Will it mirror the policy ahead of WB polls, a state nine times more populated than Georgia?
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Will Facebook fact-check political leaders in other countries like it did Trump?
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Most of these are rhetorical questions because @Facebook's global policy is based on western policies, especially the US, despite having the highest number of users in the world from India.
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Facebook's current fact-checking program is a 'save face' policy with little regard for violent ramifications of fake news in the developing world.
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