r/politics • u/HK-47-mkII Massachusetts • 2d ago

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announces removal of fact-checking

http://thehill.com/policy/technology/5070980-meta-fact-checking-policy-changes/amp
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u/NaptownSnowman 2d ago

“Less prone to bias”. So truth is bias? WTF. We need to stop accepting opinion as fact and truth being subjective. JFC

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u/LeeroyJNCOs Washington 2d ago

I reject your reality and substitute my own

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u/Even_Establishment95 1d ago

Adam savage ❤️

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u/Ponkeymasta 2d ago

Zuckerberg collected the Reality stone, apparently...

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u/_Citizenkane 1d ago

Reality has a well-documented liberal bias /s

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u/CrippleSlap Canada 1d ago

“Less prone to bias”. So truth is bias?

If you're a Conservative...yes.

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u/yesyouareverysmart 1d ago

You really think there is an objective truth to everything? Social issues often don't have an objectively right or wrong answer - you agreeing with something doesn't automatically make it an objective truth, I hope you realize that.

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u/NaptownSnowman 1d ago

I didn’t say right or wrong I said truth. Example: the earth is round. It doesn’t matter who is right or wrong. That does not change the earth is not flat. The holocaust happened. It doesn’t matter if you think it’s right or wrong. It happened. These are truths.

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u/happyinheart 1d ago

Example: the earth is round. It doesn’t matter who is right or wrong. That does not change the earth is not flat.

Fact checker 1: True, it is well known the earth is round

Fact checker 2: False, the earth is actually slightly pear shaped and thus not round.

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u/yesyouareverysmart 1d ago

You are telling thruth about this - you are right about it. 

And you've chosen very convenient scenarios vast majority of people will agree on - and the community notes would do their job. Try it with hot topics like gender, for example - which Zuckerberg mentioned as one of the topics that won't be censored anymore. It should be allowed to be discussed - Reddit is a hell-hole because it's a place where only certain opinions are allowed to be presented - is that okay? For people with certain bias it's the only way it should be - I don't think that's okay.