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Itinerant Greco-Roman, in love with two cities and one wonderful woman. Asking questions about news credibility and fact-checking @Google
May 26, 2019 5 tweets 2 min read
4 thoughts on what Facebook could have done on the Pelosi video that fall short of taking it down but might still help in the future.

(My takedown-hot take is available at room temperature here: ) 1/ FB could have acted faster: I've made the case before for an internal rapid response team that tackles content that hits a threshold of velocity, reach and harm if fact-checking partners aren't on it yet. (That requires recognizing News Feed is an editorial product)
Sep 11, 2018 12 tweets 5 min read
So, about this @weeklystandard fact-checker / @thinkprogress dispute over the former's flagging of an article by the latter as "false news" on the Facebook dashboard. (Takes a deep breath) thinkprogress.org/facebook-weekl… TWS Fact-Checker @HolmesLybrand flagged the article on FB because of its headline which reads "Brett Kavanaugh said he would kill Roe v. Wade last week" He provided this fact check as evidence. weeklystandard.com/holmes-lybrand…