Facebook has admitted in a court of law that such fact checks are not factual at all, but merely opinions.
Anthony Watts 21 Comments
People send me stuff. People send me stuff. As we have previously reported,
journalist John Stossel is suing Facebook after Facebook’s ‘fact
checkers’ labeled climate change information that Stossel posted as
“false and misleading”. In the middle of all this is the nefarious
website “Climate Feedback” which has a bunch of climate zealots that
write up what they claim are “fact checks” for articles, videos, and
news stories they disagree with.
Facebook just blew the “fact check” claim right out of the water in court.
In its response to Stossel’s defamation claim, Facebook responds on
Page 2, Line 8 in the court document (download it below) that Facebook
cannot be sued for defamation (which is making a false and harmful
assertion) because its ‘fact checks’ are mere statements of opinion rather than factual assertions. Opinions
are not subject to defamation claims, while false assertions of fact
can be subject to defamation. The quote in Facebook’s complaint is ........To Read More...
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