Facebook Fact-Checking Group Apologizes for Wrongly Flagging Article Questioning Face Masks in Schools

Facebook Fact-Checking Group Apologizes for Wrongly Flagging Article Questioning Face Masks in Schools
Facebook logo at the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York's Times Square on March 29, 2018. The Canadian Press/AP-Richard Drew
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A Facebook fact-checking group on Tuesday admitted that it had incorrectly flagged an article by Reason magazine that questioned whether or not wearing face masks in schools can limit outbreaks of COVID-19.

Science Feedback, a fact-checking organization partnered with Facebook, flagged a Reason article on Facebook written by Robby Soave and titled “The Study That Convinced the CDC To Support Mask Mandates in Schools Is Junk Science.”

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