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2023-06-10 -Land of the Free

Zuck says 'establishment' asked FB to censor COVID misinfo that ended up true

[FOX] Meta (Facebook) CEO Mark Zuckerberg claimed recently that the scientific "establishment" asked his platform to "censor" posts about COVID-19 that ended up being "debatable or true."

In his comments during Thursday's episode of the "Lex Fridman Podcast," Zuckerberg discussed the "issues and challenges" of executing his platform's policies on removing "misinformation."

He said it can be "really tricky" when some content is false, "but may not be harmful, so it's like, alright, are you going to censor someone for just being wrong, if there’s no kind of harm implication of what they’re doing?’"

As an example, Zuckerberg said, "Just take some of the stuff around COVID earlier on in the pandemic, where there were real health implications, but there hadn’t been time to fully vet a bunch of the scientific assumptions, and, unfortunately, I think a lot of the establishment on that kind of waffled on a bunch of facts."

Posted by Besoeker 2023-06-10 10:56|| || Front Page|| [11136 views ] Top

#1 Jeff is trying to say that FB suppressed the truth an promoted propaganda in a way that was detrimental to public health and good, but that it was really hard for him.

Posted by Super Hose 2023-06-10 12:50|| 2023-06-10 12:50|| Front Page Top

#2 the scientific "establishment" asked his platform to "censor" posts about COVID-19 that ended up being "debatable or true."

So, we can put that stale stereotype that science is a search for the truth behind us now...

Posted by M. Murcek 2023-06-10 13:09|| 2023-06-10 13:09|| Front Page Top

#3 Science these days is a quest for grant money.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2023-06-10 14:10|| 2023-06-10 14:10|| Front Page Top

#4 Can't believe anything you see or hear anymore. It could all be AI deepfakes.

Posted by jpal 2023-06-10 16:41|| 2023-06-10 16:41|| Front Page Top

#5 Yeah, the old saying "Believe half of what you see and nothing of what you hear" isn't quite stringent enough these days.

Posted by M. Murcek 2023-06-10 17:08|| 2023-06-10 17:08|| Front Page Top

#6 Jeepers. I haven't heard "the establishment" since Jack Lord's Hawaii Five O.

Posted by JHH 2023-06-10 20:40|| 2023-06-10 20:40|| Front Page Top

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