Social censorship: Meta/FB found that Covid-19 “content labels” accomplished nothing

Social censorship: Meta/FB found that Covid-19 “content labels” accomplished nothing

Late last year, Facebook-parent Meta quietly phased out certain content labels on its platforms that for much of the pandemic had directed viewers to its central Covid-19 information page, after internal research concluded the labels may be ineffective at changing attitudes or stopping the spread of misinformation, according to a report Thursday by the company’s external oversight board.

Source: Meta stopped labeling Covid-19 content after finding it did little to combat misinformation, Oversight Board says | CNN Business

Facebook also modified it’s search function to display government approved web sites first.

This was part of their efforts against “misinformation”, which has become a catch-all label for anything you have a different perspective about.

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