FOX News Proposes Criminalizing Fact-checking.

[daveman]

Problem is that social media such as Facebook and twitter isn't really checking facts, they are picking a side and censoring the other. For examples, FB will censor actual MDs that have counter views about who should get the covid vaccine. Are FB's fact checkers actual MDs that are qualified to fact check other MDs.....I don't think so.

Back in the 50s some doctors ACTUALLY recommended smoking.
Of course they had an ulterior motive bond medicine.
Much like the doctors you're referencing.
FB and others are acting responsibly in not acting as a conduit for false information that may kill people.

Is Fauci for masks or against them this week? Did the virus come from China or didn't it this week?

New information come in and the wise man adjusts to that new information.
New information comes in and the fool calls the old information lies and continues to just stupid up the place.

"tell me again daddy how wearing masks makes COVID worse."

THE GOVERNMENT WOULD NEVER LIE TO US JUST COMFORM AND DO WHAT YOUR TOLD AND NEVER QUESTION IT

I'll pass, bootlicker.

From Jan 21 2017 to Jan 20, 2021 the government led by Trump lied to us each and every day and you did, in fact, conform and do exactly what Trump, in his lies, told you to do.

So can the "I'll pass" too late.

Do you believe Trump won the 2020 election?
Don't lie. Your "truth" is all over this platform.

Really? Then you won't have any trouble linking for me what I believe.

Hop to it, boy. You got homework.

You were asked a couple of questions.
AFRAID to answer?
AFRAID if you say no you'll get tossed from the club?
AFRAID if you say yes you'll get the slapping you so rightly deserve?

Geez. Sucks to be you.

It's awesome being me. I recommend it to everybody.

Meanwhile, you made a charge against me. I have no obligation to do your homework for you, boy.

Hop to it.

 

[daveman]

Problem is that social media such as Facebook and twitter isn't really checking facts, they are picking a side and censoring the other. For examples, FB will censor actual MDs that have counter views about who should get the covid vaccine. Are FB's fact checkers actual MDs that are qualified to fact check other MDs.....I don't think so.

Back in the 50s some doctors ACTUALLY recommended smoking.
Of course they had an ulterior motive bond medicine.
Much like the doctors you're referencing.
FB and others are acting responsibly in not acting as a conduit for false information that may kill people.

So facebook is qualified to practice medicine.....give me a break!

FB is qualified to decide what will and will not be broadcast to the public using their service.
If you don't like it
Build your own FB.

Thanks for the admission that facebook is not qualified to fact check MDs.

Facebook can allow or not allow whatever the hell they want on their site. Why do you care how they run their business?

That's fine, but lets loose the pretense that they are neutral and open platform.

Not allowing you and yours to lie on their platform says nothing about their politics.
Perhaps if you guys would try a little truth for a change?

JUST REPEAT WHAT THE GOVERNMENT TELLS YOU TO SAY NOBODY SAID YOU COULD THINK FOR YOURSELF

Says the Trumpinista dutifully spewing Trump lies as if they were coming from "on high."

See the thread about Ideology becoming Theology for details.

Sheer projection.

Sure.
Tell us again who you think won the 2020 Presidential election.
Tell us WHY you believe what you believe.
We'll wait on your "truth"

You've got your mind made up. Note that your answer to what I believe is rooted in your hatred for and stereotypes of conservatives, not actual fact. But then, you're a leftist. Facts are irrelevant. Only your emotions count.

 

[Dadoalex]

I wish I was making this up, but no, FOX News really is going that Stalinist. Since they're getting embarrassed by fact-checkers, they want fact-checking made illegal unless fact-checkers get a government license.

David Marcus: Nobody is checking the social media fact checkers. It's time that changed

Throughout the past year biased fact checking has done irreparable harm to the body politic.

www.foxnews.com

...

So, how many conservatives agree with FOX, and say that government should ban any fact-checkers not approved by the government?

In other words,,,

"conservatives" want to criminalize the truth.
Sure would make their lives easier.

"Liberals" want to spout their propaganda with no repercussions.
Sure would make their lives easier.

See? in favor of criminalizing the truth.

They are beyond help.

Nobody said that but you. You're projecting your desire to control the media.

Free speech is supported by conservatives, not leftists.

BWAHAHAHA
Shut down FB = Free Speech
Govt control of social media = Free Speech
BWAHAHAHAHA

When the proposal that telling the truth be subject to government regulation is criminalizing the truth.

Criminalizing the truth is what Tiny Minded "conservatives" call "Free Speech."

BWAHAHAHAHA

You're what happens when you get all your news from Facebook.

sorry.
ZERO news feeds on my FB.
ZERO political group membership on FB.
FB reserved for family and, of course, the Steelers.
Geez. YOUR FB must be a mess.

Naaaah, my FB is nothing but family and friends. I don't let billionaire social media site owners dictate my opinions.

Wow!
And since the family disowned you I'm guessing it's you and your Q buddies.

 

[Dadoalex]

Problem is that social media such as Facebook and twitter isn't really checking facts, they are picking a side and censoring the other. For examples, FB will censor actual MDs that have counter views about who should get the covid vaccine. Are FB's fact checkers actual MDs that are qualified to fact check other MDs.....I don't think so.

Back in the 50s some doctors ACTUALLY recommended smoking.
Of course they had an ulterior motive bond medicine.
Much like the doctors you're referencing.
FB and others are acting responsibly in not acting as a conduit for false information that may kill people.

Is Fauci for masks or against them this week? Did the virus come from China or didn't it this week?

New information come in and the wise man adjusts to that new information.
New information comes in and the fool calls the old information lies and continues to just stupid up the place.

"tell me again daddy how wearing masks makes COVID worse."

THE GOVERNMENT WOULD NEVER LIE TO US JUST COMFORM AND DO WHAT YOUR TOLD AND NEVER QUESTION IT

I'll pass, bootlicker.

From Jan 21 2017 to Jan 20, 2021 the government led by Trump lied to us each and every day and you did, in fact, conform and do exactly what Trump, in his lies, told you to do.

So can the "I'll pass" too late.

Do you believe Trump won the 2020 election?
Don't lie. Your "truth" is all over this platform.

Really? Then you won't have any trouble linking for me what I believe.

Hop to it, boy. You got homework.

You were asked a couple of questions.
AFRAID to answer?
AFRAID if you say no you'll get tossed from the club?
AFRAID if you say yes you'll get the slapping you so rightly deserve?

Geez. Sucks to be you.

It's awesome being me. I recommend it to everybody.

Meanwhile, you made a charge against me. I have no obligation to do your homework for you, boy.

Hop to it.

Still afraid to answer sonny?
Not surprising.
But being you?
Like being Trump's dirty drawers.
Full of crap but loving the smell.

 

[Dadoalex]

Problem is that social media such as Facebook and twitter isn't really checking facts, they are picking a side and censoring the other. For examples, FB will censor actual MDs that have counter views about who should get the covid vaccine. Are FB's fact checkers actual MDs that are qualified to fact check other MDs.....I don't think so.

Back in the 50s some doctors ACTUALLY recommended smoking.
Of course they had an ulterior motive bond medicine.
Much like the doctors you're referencing.
FB and others are acting responsibly in not acting as a conduit for false information that may kill people.

So facebook is qualified to practice medicine.....give me a break!

FB is qualified to decide what will and will not be broadcast to the public using their service.
If you don't like it
Build your own FB.

Thanks for the admission that facebook is not qualified to fact check MDs.

Facebook can allow or not allow whatever the hell they want on their site. Why do you care how they run their business?

That's fine, but lets loose the pretense that they are neutral and open platform.

Not allowing you and yours to lie on their platform says nothing about their politics.
Perhaps if you guys would try a little truth for a change?

JUST REPEAT WHAT THE GOVERNMENT TELLS YOU TO SAY NOBODY SAID YOU COULD THINK FOR YOURSELF

Says the Trumpinista dutifully spewing Trump lies as if they were coming from "on high."

See the thread about Ideology becoming Theology for details.

Sheer projection.

Sure.
Tell us again who you think won the 2020 Presidential election.
Tell us WHY you believe what you believe.
We'll wait on your "truth"

You've got your mind made up. Note that your answer to what I believe is rooted in your hatred for and stereotypes of conservatives, not actual fact. But then, you're a leftist. Facts are irrelevant. Only your emotions count.

Why is you guys REFUSE to answer the simple question of who ACTUALLY won the election?
Are you afraid of the answer?
Seems a simple question.

The question is unbiased and requests a simple response.

AFRAID?
Your emotions causing you issues with responding?

BWAHAHAHAHA

 

[Markle]

I’m always amazed that people still take fox seriously. There’s a video of Sean Hannity calling Covid a hoax and then more video of him saying he never called it a hoax. So which Sean Hannity do you believe?

and remember when they were saying president ebola?

and foxes weeding out anybody that gives a different message like Donna Brazil or Juan Williams.

what is their goal? Why are they doing this?

and how come the GOP base doesn’t feel insulted by having fox say one thing on Monday in a different thing on Tuesday?

at least with scientists, they’re always studying and learning and so they change what they know about any issue as their understanding grows. What is Fox News excuse?

Remember when Biden said travel bans were “xenophobic?” He just instituted a travel ban on India.
Posted by: Pat Droney May 1, 2021

WASHINGTON, DC- Remember when President Trump implemented a travel ban last year and Biden accused him of “hysteria, xenophobia and fear-mongering?” Yeah, good times. Apparently Biden forgot…or he’s an abject hypocrite. Probably a little of both.

Didn't Biden say travel bans were "xenophobic?" So why did he just institute a travel ban on India?

Featured Archives - Law Enforcement Today

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Published
China slams Trump's coronavirus travel limits: 'Not a gesture of goodwill'
Published February 1, 2020

By Joe McDonald, Sam McNeil | Associated Press
[...]
On Friday, the United States declared a public health emergency and President Donald Trump and an order barring entry to foreign nationals, other than immediate family of American citizens and permanent residents, who visited China within the last 14 days, which scientists say is the virus’s longest incubation period.

'Unfriendly comments'
China criticized the U.S. controls, which it said contradicted the WHO’s appeal to avoid travel bans, and “unfriendly comments” that Beijing was failing to cooperate.

“Just as the WHO recommended against travel restrictions, the U.S. rushed to go in the opposite way. Certainly not a gesture of goodwill,” said foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying.

WHO Secretary-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in Geneva that despite the emergency declaration, there is “no reason for measures that unnecessarily interfere with international travel and trade.”
[...]
China slams Trump's coronavirus travel limits: 'Not a gesture of goodwill'

China slams Trump's coronavirus travel limits: 'Not a gesture of goodwill'

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Coronavirus: China’s 17 day delay in releasing genome sequence of COVID-19
Health authorities have issued a dire warning about coronavirus as it continues to spread rapidly across China and the world.
Staff writers and wires
news.com.au FEBRUARY 13, 20207:23AM

17 DAY DELAY
There was a 17 day delay in the release of critical information about coronavirus during the crucial early stages of the outbreak, it’s been revealed.

A group of scientists is now calling for changes in the way new viruses are reported.

In a letter to medical journal The Lancet, the scientists said one of the important lessons from the outbreak was a delay in releasing information.

“The Chinese authorities ruled out SARS and MERS, as well as a few other non-coronaviruses, on January 5, and confirmed a novel coronavirus as a potential cause on January 9,” they said in the Lancet.

“However, the genome sequence — crucial for rapid development of diagnostics needed in an outbreak response — was not released until January 12, 2020 — 17 days after the preliminary sequence data were obtained.”

China’s critical 17 day virus delay

The World Health Organisation is warning the opportunity to stem the international spread of the coronavirus outbreak is fading

www.news.com.au

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Nancy Pelosi visits San Francisco’s Chinatown to encourage people amid fears of coronavirus
by: Charles Clifford
Posted: Feb 24, 2020 / 05:57 PM PST / Updated: Feb 24, 2020 / 05:57 PM PST

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (KRON) – House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was in San Francisco on Monday spending several hours visiting Chinatown to encourage people to visit the shops and restaurants there amid fears of the coronavirus.

Business in Chinatown has really slowed down over the last month, mainly due to concerns about the coronavirus.

Pelosi did a walking tour of the area starting in the Golden Gate Fortune Cookie Shop.

She also visited several other businesses and talked to people.

Neighbors, including the owner of the cookie shop, who says the last month has been difficult.

“Business is slow. People don’t want to come, they are scared,” Kevin Chan said.

Pelosi also took this opportunity to encourage people to come back to Chinatown.

“You should come to Chinatown. Precautions have been taken by our city. We know there is concern about tourism throughout the world but we think it’s very safe to be in Chinatown and hopefully, others will come,” Pelosi said.

Nancy Pelosi visits San Francisco’s Chinatown to encourage people amid fears of coronavirus

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Democrat Response to Coronavirus: End Trump’s Travel Bans on China, Iran
JOHN BINDER 11 Mar 2020 2:58

House and Senate Democrats are responding to the coronavirus outbreak in the United States by supporting measures to effectively strip President Trump of his authority to impose travel bans to protect American citizens.

While Trump has implemented travel bans on China and Iran — two of the most coronavirus-affected nations in the world — House Democrats are looking to roll back the president’s authority to enact travel bans from regions of the world.

Dems' Response to Coronavirus: End Trump's Travel Bans on China, Iran

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Published March 18, 2020

WHO haunted by January tweet saying China found no human transmission of coronavirus

The World Health Organization (WHO) is now haunted by a tweet it sent earlier this year when it cited Chinese health officials who claimed there had been no human transmissions of the novel coronavirus within the country yet.

The Jan. 14 tweet came less than two months before WHO declared COVID-19 to be a global pandemic.

"Preliminary investigations conducted by the Chinese authorities have found no clear evidence of human-to-human transmission of the novel #coronavirus (2019-nCoV) identified in #Wuhan, #China," the organization had said.

It also relied on information from Chinese health authorities who have been accused of obscuring facts and figures during the course of the outbreak.

WHO haunted by January tweet saying China found no human transmission of coronavirus

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Nolte: A Mere 8 Days Ago Joe Biden Was Still Attacking Trump’s Travel Bans
JOHN NOLTE 20 Mar 2020

A mere eight days ago, Joe Biden was still vocally opposing President Donald Trump’s travel bans from Europe, and even China, as racist. In other words, if Biden was the president, we can’t begin to imagine how much worse things would look in American today thanks to President Biden’s refusal to keep people out from the very same places where the Chinese coronavirus rages.

https://www.breitbart.com/.../nolte-mere-8-days-ago-joe.../

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WATCH: NYC Mayor de Blasio Gets Nailed for Telling New Yorkers to Ignore the Wuhan Coronavirus
Beth Baumann
Posted: Mar 29, 2020 1:35 PM

On Sunday, CNN's Jake Tapper put New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio (D) on blast for telling New Yorkers not to worry about the Wuhan coronavirus. Tapper played four separate clips of de Blasio encouraging New Yorkers to go about their daily lives, even as recently as March 13th, less than two weeks ago.

"In retrospect, is that message, at least in part, to blame for how rapidly the virus has spread across the city?" Tapper asked.

De Blasio instantly deflected.

"You know, Jake, we should not be focusing, in my view, on anything looking back, on any level of government right now," the mayor explained. "This is just about how we save lives going forward. We are all working – everybody – is working with the information we had and trying, of course, to avoid panic.w

WATCH: NYC Mayor de Blasio Gets Nailed for Telling New Yorkers to Ignore the Wuhan Coronavirus

Boom.

townhall.com

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WOW! Chris Wallace CALLS OUT a Stunned Pelosi for Pushing Tourism to Chinatown in Late February (VIDEO)
By Jim Hoft
Published April 19, 2020 at 11:03am

Back in late February, 4 weeks after President Trump banned flights from China from entering the US, Speaker Pelosi was out urging tourists to hit San Francisco’s Chinatown.

Jan 31 — President Trump banned flights from China.
Feb. 5 — Democrats blasted President Trump for his China travel ban.
Feb 24 — Pelosi was pushing tourism to Chinatown.
March 13 — NY Mayor DeBlasio encourages New Yorkers to go about their daily lives as usual.

Last week Pelosi deleted a video of herself on Twitter walking around in Chinatown on February 24 downplaying the Coronavirus and urging people to “come to Chinatown.”

WOW! Chris Wallace CALLS OUT a Stunned Pelosi for Pushing Tourism to Chinatown in Late February (VIDEO)

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[Markle]

Problem is that social media such as Facebook and twitter isn't really checking facts, they are picking a side and censoring the other. For examples, FB will censor actual MDs that have counter views about who should get the covid vaccine. Are FB's fact checkers actual MDs that are qualified to fact check other MDs.....I don't think so.

Back in the 50s some doctors ACTUALLY recommended smoking.
Of course they had an ulterior motive bond medicine.
Much like the doctors you're referencing.
FB and others are acting responsibly in not acting as a conduit for false information that may kill people.

So facebook is qualified to practice medicine.....give me a break!

FB is qualified to decide what will and will not be broadcast to the public using their service.
If you don't like it
Build your own FB.

Thanks for the admission that facebook is not qualified to fact check MDs.

Facebook can allow or not allow whatever the hell they want on their site. Why do you care how they run their business?

That's fine, but lets loose the pretense that they are neutral and open platform.

Not allowing you and yours to lie on their platform says nothing about their politics.
Perhaps if you guys would try a little truth for a change?

JUST REPEAT WHAT THE GOVERNMENT TELLS YOU TO SAY NOBODY SAID YOU COULD THINK FOR YOURSELF

Says the Trumpinista dutifully spewing Trump lies as if they were coming from "on high."

See the thread about Ideology becoming Theology for details.

Sheer projection.

Sure.
Tell us again who you think won the 2020 Presidential election.
Tell us WHY you believe what you believe.
We'll wait on your "truth"

You've got your mind made up. Note that your answer to what I believe is rooted in your hatred for and stereotypes of conservatives, not actual fact. But then, you're a leftist. Facts are irrelevant. Only your emotions count.

Why is you guys REFUSE to answer the simple question of who ACTUALLY won the election?
Are you afraid of the answer?
Seems a simple question.

The question is unbiased and requests a simple response.

AFRAID?
Your emotions causing you issues with responding?

BWAHAHAHAHA

As you know, that issue is evolving daily. Patience my learned good friend, patience.

 

[Dadoalex]

Problem is that social media such as Facebook and twitter isn't really checking facts, they are picking a side and censoring the other. For examples, FB will censor actual MDs that have counter views about who should get the covid vaccine. Are FB's fact checkers actual MDs that are qualified to fact check other MDs.....I don't think so.

Back in the 50s some doctors ACTUALLY recommended smoking.
Of course they had an ulterior motive bond medicine.
Much like the doctors you're referencing.
FB and others are acting responsibly in not acting as a conduit for false information that may kill people.

So facebook is qualified to practice medicine.....give me a break!

FB is qualified to decide what will and will not be broadcast to the public using their service.
If you don't like it
Build your own FB.

Thanks for the admission that facebook is not qualified to fact check MDs.

Facebook can allow or not allow whatever the hell they want on their site. Why do you care how they run their business?

That's fine, but lets loose the pretense that they are neutral and open platform.

Not allowing you and yours to lie on their platform says nothing about their politics.
Perhaps if you guys would try a little truth for a change?

JUST REPEAT WHAT THE GOVERNMENT TELLS YOU TO SAY NOBODY SAID YOU COULD THINK FOR YOURSELF

Says the Trumpinista dutifully spewing Trump lies as if they were coming from "on high."

See the thread about Ideology becoming Theology for details.

Sheer projection.

Sure.
Tell us again who you think won the 2020 Presidential election.
Tell us WHY you believe what you believe.
We'll wait on your "truth"

You've got your mind made up. Note that your answer to what I believe is rooted in your hatred for and stereotypes of conservatives, not actual fact. But then, you're a leftist. Facts are irrelevant. Only your emotions count.

Why is you guys REFUSE to answer the simple question of who ACTUALLY won the election?
Are you afraid of the answer?
Seems a simple question.

The question is unbiased and requests a simple response.

AFRAID?
Your emotions causing you issues with responding?

BWAHAHAHAHA

As you know, that issue is evolving daily. Patience my learned good friend, patience.

That is not an answer.
Any reason you cannot state what you believe and why?
Afraid of rightly looking the fool
or
Afraid of getting tossed from the club?

I'm betting the latter.

 

[CrusaderFrank]

I wish I was making this up, but no, FOX News really is going that Stalinist. Since they're getting embarrassed by fact-checkers, they want fact-checking made illegal unless fact-checkers get a government license.

David Marcus: Nobody is checking the social media fact checkers. It's time that changed

Throughout the past year biased fact checking has done irreparable harm to the body politic.

www.foxnews.com

From the article:

The real problem here is not that fact checkers got something wrong, it’s that they have the power to censor what journalism Americans see and consume unilaterally.  

Yes, yes, the standard conservative "Pointing out that I lied is censoring me!" argument.

The First Amendment rightly renders government powerless to regulate news outlets’ publishing content from their own in house fact checkers -- they are protected by freedom of the press. But third party independent fact checkers are another story entirely.

Really, FOX? Because as everyone else sees it, the fact-checkers are press too. And FOX wants them shut down by government force.

So what can be done about this dangerous situation? A new bill before the Michigan House of Representatives is a move in the right direction. The bill would require fact checkers to register with the government and carry insurance to cover payment to those who suffer financial damages as a result of a bogus fact check.

So when FOX says a Democrat lies, that would be a fact check, so they'd have to register with the government.

Yeah, right.

So, how many conservatives agree with FOX, and say that government should ban any fact-checkers not approved by the government?

 

[mamooth]

So Frank chimes in as being fanatically pro-censorship and pro-Stalinist. But then, he's always been one of the more hardcore Stalinist ratfuks.

There's still not even one Trump cultist here willing to renounce censorship. They all embrace it joyfully as the final solution to the problem of liberals humiliating them with facts and reason and morality. The two sides are complete opposites. Liberals here universally embrace free speech, while conservatives here universally embrace censorship.

 

[dblack]

Sure. What's your point?

Can't sue Facebook... Or... Youtube. Do you agree with that?

Where did you get the idea that they can't be sued?

 

[Shelzin]

Sure. What's your point?

Can't sue Facebook... Or... Youtube. Do you agree with that?

Where did you get the idea that they can't be sued?

Communications Decency Act of 1996, Section 230(c)(1)

 

[dblack]

Sure. What's your point?

Can't sue Facebook... Or... Youtube. Do you agree with that?

Where did you get the idea that they can't be sued?

Communications Decency Act of 1996, Section 230(c)(1)

Ahh. You misread. 230 just says they aren't liable for things their users post. They can still be sued.

 

[Shelzin]

Sure. What's your point?

Can't sue Facebook... Or... Youtube. Do you agree with that?

Where did you get the idea that they can't be sued?

Communications Decency Act of 1996, Section 230(c)(1)

Ahh. You misread. 230 just says they aren't liable for things their users post. They can still be sued.

No... I didn't misread it. Under that you can't even sue them for what THEY SAY.

 

[dblack]

Sure. What's your point?

Can't sue Facebook... Or... Youtube. Do you agree with that?

Where did you get the idea that they can't be sued?

Communications Decency Act of 1996, Section 230(c)(1)

Ahh. You misread. 230 just says they aren't liable for things their users post. They can still be sued.

No... I didn't misread it.

Then you misunderstood it. Regardless, you're wrong. Social media companies can still be sued.

 

[Shelzin]

Sure. What's your point?

Can't sue Facebook... Or... Youtube. Do you agree with that?

Where did you get the idea that they can't be sued?

Communications Decency Act of 1996, Section 230(c)(1)

Ahh. You misread. 230 just says they aren't liable for things their users post. They can still be sued.

No... I didn't misread it.

Then you misunderstood it. Regardless, you're wrong. Social media companies can still be sued.

They can be sued... But you can't SUE THEM FOR WHAT THEY SAY. Not just the users they host... WHAT THEY SAY.

And... I didn't say social media companies... YOu did. I said facebook, youtube, twitter.

• First, the defendant must be a provider or user of an interactive computer service.
• Second, the plaintiff’s cause of action must view the defendant as the “publisher” or “speaker” of a harmful statement.
• Third, the harmful information was provided by another information content provider, other than the defendant.

Fact checkers... Third party. But... They promote those fact checkers.

 

[dblack]

Sure. What's your point?

Can't sue Facebook... Or... Youtube. Do you agree with that?

Where did you get the idea that they can't be sued?

Communications Decency Act of 1996, Section 230(c)(1)

Ahh. You misread. 230 just says they aren't liable for things their users post. They can still be sued.

No... I didn't misread it.

Then you misunderstood it. Regardless, you're wrong. Social media companies can still be sued.

They can be sued... But you can't SUE THEM FOR WHAT THEY SAY. Not just the users they host... WHAT THEY SAY.

And... I didn't say social media companies... YOu did. I said facebook, youtube, twitter.

Nope. That's not what 230 establishes. If someone is telling you that, they're lying to you.

 

[Shelzin]

Sure. What's your point?

Can't sue Facebook... Or... Youtube. Do you agree with that?

Where did you get the idea that they can't be sued?

Communications Decency Act of 1996, Section 230(c)(1)

Ahh. You misread. 230 just says they aren't liable for things their users post. They can still be sued.

No... I didn't misread it.

Then you misunderstood it. Regardless, you're wrong. Social media companies can still be sued.

They can be sued... But you can't SUE THEM FOR WHAT THEY SAY. Not just the users they host... WHAT THEY SAY.

And... I didn't say social media companies... YOu did. I said facebook, youtube, twitter.

Nope. That's not what 230 establishes. If someone is telling you that, they're lying to you.

I'm not fast enough with the edit... *shrugs*

Doesn't matter... I'll be banned soon. Make the post tomorrow.

 

[daveman]

I wish I was making this up, but no, FOX News really is going that Stalinist. Since they're getting embarrassed by fact-checkers, they want fact-checking made illegal unless fact-checkers get a government license.

David Marcus: Nobody is checking the social media fact checkers. It's time that changed

Throughout the past year biased fact checking has done irreparable harm to the body politic.

www.foxnews.com

...

So, how many conservatives agree with FOX, and say that government should ban any fact-checkers not approved by the government?

In other words,,,

"conservatives" want to criminalize the truth.
Sure would make their lives easier.

"Liberals" want to spout their propaganda with no repercussions.
Sure would make their lives easier.

See? in favor of criminalizing the truth.

They are beyond help.

Nobody said that but you. You're projecting your desire to control the media.

Free speech is supported by conservatives, not leftists.

BWAHAHAHA
Shut down FB = Free Speech
Govt control of social media = Free Speech
BWAHAHAHAHA

When the proposal that telling the truth be subject to government regulation is criminalizing the truth.

Criminalizing the truth is what Tiny Minded "conservatives" call "Free Speech."

BWAHAHAHAHA

You're what happens when you get all your news from Facebook.

sorry.
ZERO news feeds on my FB.
ZERO political group membership on FB.
FB reserved for family and, of course, the Steelers.
Geez. YOUR FB must be a mess.

Naaaah, my FB is nothing but family and friends. I don't let billionaire social media site owners dictate my opinions.

Wow!
And since the family disowned you I'm guessing it's you and your Q buddies.

You guess wrong, but that's an every day occurrence with you.

 

[daveman]

Problem is that social media such as Facebook and twitter isn't really checking facts, they are picking a side and censoring the other. For examples, FB will censor actual MDs that have counter views about who should get the covid vaccine. Are FB's fact checkers actual MDs that are qualified to fact check other MDs.....I don't think so.

Back in the 50s some doctors ACTUALLY recommended smoking.
Of course they had an ulterior motive bond medicine.
Much like the doctors you're referencing.
FB and others are acting responsibly in not acting as a conduit for false information that may kill people.

Is Fauci for masks or against them this week? Did the virus come from China or didn't it this week?

New information come in and the wise man adjusts to that new information.
New information comes in and the fool calls the old information lies and continues to just stupid up the place.

"tell me again daddy how wearing masks makes COVID worse."

THE GOVERNMENT WOULD NEVER LIE TO US JUST COMFORM AND DO WHAT YOUR TOLD AND NEVER QUESTION IT

I'll pass, bootlicker.

From Jan 21 2017 to Jan 20, 2021 the government led by Trump lied to us each and every day and you did, in fact, conform and do exactly what Trump, in his lies, told you to do.

So can the "I'll pass" too late.

Do you believe Trump won the 2020 election?
Don't lie. Your "truth" is all over this platform.

Really? Then you won't have any trouble linking for me what I believe.

Hop to it, boy. You got homework.

You were asked a couple of questions.
AFRAID to answer?
AFRAID if you say no you'll get tossed from the club?
AFRAID if you say yes you'll get the slapping you so rightly deserve?

Geez. Sucks to be you.

It's awesome being me. I recommend it to everybody.

Meanwhile, you made a charge against me. I have no obligation to do your homework for you, boy.

Hop to it.

Still afraid to answer sonny?
Not surprising.
But being you?
Like being Trump's dirty drawers.
Full of crap but loving the smell.
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How is it you expect to be taken seriously, child?