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submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by FactChecker@lemmy.world to c/science@lemmy.world

TLDR: It reduces the virality of misinformation by ~8% and increases article deletion.

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[-] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 14 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Is this about Twitter? Fuck Twitter. Is this about Facebook? Fuck Facebook.

Shall I continue?

[-] shane@feddit.nl 11 points 4 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

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