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Right-Leaning Commentators Protest Facebook ‘Fact-Checks,’ Call It Censorship

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Right-Leaning Commentators Protest Facebook ‘Fact-Checks,’ Call It Censorship
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Petr Svab
Petr Svab
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10/12/2020|Updated: 10/12/2020

Facing criticism from Republican lawmakers for censoring political speech, and from Democrat lawmakers who argue more regulation of speech is required, Facebook has opted in recent years to rely on paid fact-checkers to judge what’s accurate and what’s not.

Last week, Facebook restricted how many people see content from three major conservative commentators. The reason given was that some of their posts were labelled by Facebook’s fact-checkers as lacking context.

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Petr Svab
Petr Svab
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Petr Svab is a reporter covering New York. Previously, he covered national topics including politics, economy, education, and law enforcement.
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