ADADDelayed and uneven enforcement of the company’s rules is evident in particular on prominent right-leaning Facebook pages involved in sharing news about the election. The largest outside group supporting Trump’s reelection, for example, has repeatedly posted material judged as false by Facebook’s third-party fact-checkers. One of Facebook’s third-party fact-checkers debunked the claim, but no label was applied to Limbaugh’s post. A post this month, amplifying a news story debunked by one of Facebook’s third-party fact-checkers, was never labeled. But false posts are shared rapidly, while fact-checks are slow to be applied.

Source: Washington Post November 01, 2020 11:03 UTC