#Facebook “fact checkers” say FB doesn’t care about fact checking, calls it a PR stunt

#Facebook “fact checkers” say FB doesn’t care about fact checking, calls it a PR stunt

“They’ve essentially used us for crisis PR,” said Brooke Binkowski, former managing editor of Snopes, a factchecking site that has partnered with Facebook for two years. “They’re not taking anything seriously. They are more interested in making themselves look good and passing the buck … They clearly don’t care.”

Source: ‘They don’t care’: Facebook factchecking in disarray as journalists push to cut ties | Technology | The Guardian

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