It& #39;s almost like Facebook itself doesn& #39;t understand -- or is being willfully blind -- to internet culture.

I mean, how could exempting things from fact-checking provided they are & #39;opinion& #39; ever possibly backfire?

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/14/climate/climate-facebook-fact-checking.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/1...

"Deciding what’s opinion is at the discretion of Facebook, not the fact checkers."

It& #39;s my opinion that sucks.

Facebook to be Arbiter of Facts vs Opinion. Good thing that& #39;s a clearly delineated line that is not at all fraught right now.

This climate change / fact-checking story is weedsy, seemingly dry and less "urgent" or sexy than a lot of the high-profile content moderation stuff happening right now but for my money is one of the most important.

The last quote makes it sound like maybe the fact-checkers will be making the call after all... I dunno, it& #39;s almost like these policies are intentionally obscure. Are they policies or opinions? Who knows.

Okay! Fact-check from FB on NYT piece on fact-checking: Opinion is eligible for fact-checking & fact-checkers will be the ones checking if there& #39;s facts to check or if it& #39;s opinion.

I guess the NYT piece vs FB statement is just a difference of opinion?https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤷‍♀️" title="Achselzuckende Frau" aria-label="Emoji: Achselzuckende Frau"> https://twitter.com/Liz_Shepherd/status/1283462784043249664">https://twitter.com/Liz_Sheph...

.... It& #39;s good they& #39;ll be clarifying their policies.

Fact check: Objectively true.