Meta Attorneys: Facebook Fact Check Labels Are Opinion

Meta Attorneys: Facebook Fact Check Labels Are Opinion
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks at the Paley Center in New York, on Oct. 25, 2019. Mark Lennihan/AP Photo
Zachary Stieber
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Labels placed on posts on Facebook accompanying so-called fact-checks are opinion, lawyers for the social media platform’s parent company said in a recent court filing.

Television host John Stossel sued Facebook and two of its fact-checking partners, Science Feedback and Climate Feedback, earlier this year, accusing the entities of defaming him.

Zachary Stieber
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Zachary Stieber is a senior reporter for The Epoch Times based in Maryland. He covers U.S. and world news. Contact Zachary at [email protected]
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