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jimnyc
11-14-2020, 04:38 PM
No way any of the social media outlets should be employing fact checkers, and therefore using it as an excuse to censor news on the right. These so called fact checkers just suddenly decided to implement plan B, which was enabling software and lefties to block things in every way imaginable.

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Meme Makers Mock Twitter as Site Ramps Up Fact-Checking

As Twitter increases it’s fact-checking and labeling of posts across its platform, some users have begun mocking the site via parody posts examples. The fake tweets are part of a growing backlash against Twitter censorship that impacts not only President Donald Trump, but the broader conservative movement.

Breitbart News recently reported that Twitter stated this week that it put labels on 300,000 user posts from October 27 to November 11 for violating rules related to election misinformation. Twitter also implemented a retweet feature that required users to add their own comments before retweeting a post on the platform.

Between election day and Friday of this week, Twitter labeled around 34 percent of President Trump’s tweets and retweets as “disputed.” Breitbart News has reported extensively on this, noting recently that 25 of President Trump’s posts across Twitter and Facebook were labeled or disputed within 24 hours.

Users were quick to ridicule Twitter by creating fake screenshots of fake fact-checks, implying that Twitter was being overly harsh in its labeling and questioning things that were clearly true.

In one popular example, the platform fact checks Jesus Christ:

https://i.imgur.com/FhpvqLP.png

In another example making the rounds, Twitter fact checks a Trojan questioning the Greeks’ gift of a wooden horse:

https://i.imgur.com/I656Pxg.png

Rest - https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/11/14/meme-makers-mock-twitter-as-site-ramps-up-fact-checking/