Facebook has buried the page of Conservative non-profit group PragerU and “reduced distribution” of its posts claiming that PragerU has engaged in “repeated sharing of false news.” The decision comes on the heels of a fact check of a PragerU video about polar bears by Facebook third-party fact-checker Climate Feedback.
Conservative non-profit group PragerU is once again facing censorship from tech giants. Facebook has reportedly reduced the reach of PragerU’s page on its platform and implemented restriction for the “repeated sharing of false news,” according to notifications that PragerU has received from Facebook following Mark Zuckerberg’s third-party fact-checker Climate Feedback labeling a PragerU video on polar bears as fake news.
BREAKING:@Facebook has reduced our page reach and implemented restrictions for "repeated sharing of false news."
— PragerU (@prageru) May 19, 2020
Facebook is using biased 3rd party fact-checkers to flag content and censor conservatives.
Is Facebook now the arbiter of truth?
RETWEET TO STAND UP TO CENSORSHIP pic.twitter.com/i9RjeBR3Yp
Facebook loves to hide behind 3rd party fact-checkers to keep their hands clean for any content moderation responsibility. Weak! @Facebook - if you truly value freedom of expression, as you often claim, you wouldn't hide behind fact-checkers targeting ideas they disagree with. https://t.co/fMNcgz9alG
— PragerU (@prageru) May 19, 2020
Soon after PragerU’s tweet, readers began reporting that certain content that they attempted to share from the group’s Facebook page was being met with warnings from Facebook that PragerU was sharing false information.
read more here: https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2020/05/20/facebook-evicts-prageru-from-normal-public-visibility-claiming-repeated-sharing-of-false-news/
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