▲ 541 ▼ Fact-checking reduces the circulation of misinformation – we should not get rid of it (cepr.org) submitted 9 months ago* by FactChecker@lemmy.world to c/science@lemmy.world 47 comments fedilink hide all child comments TLDR: It reduces the virality of misinformation by ~8% and increases article deletion.
[–] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 14 points 9 months ago* (1 child) Is this about Twitter? Fuck Twitter. Is this about Facebook? Fuck Facebook. Shall I continue? permalink fedilink source hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] shane@feddit.nl 11 points 9 months ago It's mostly about Facebook, probably because Twitter already ditched anything other than raw, unfettered Musk-directed propaganda right after he bought it, and also because Facebook ended their fact checking immediately after Trump won, as a visible bending of the knee and kissing of the ring. As far as I know, there are no fact checking capabilities in any Lemmy setup, which could be useful, so the study is not pointless even in a federated context permalink fedilink source parent
[–] shane@feddit.nl 11 points 9 months ago It's mostly about Facebook, probably because Twitter already ditched anything other than raw, unfettered Musk-directed propaganda right after he bought it, and also because Facebook ended their fact checking immediately after Trump won, as a visible bending of the knee and kissing of the ring. As far as I know, there are no fact checking capabilities in any Lemmy setup, which could be useful, so the study is not pointless even in a federated context permalink fedilink source parent