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Facebook's parent company will make changes to its fact-checking to more closely resemble the site formerly known as Twitter.

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[–] rayquetzalcoatl@lemmy.world 26 points 2 days ago

Mark Zuckerberg was caught sucking off a gnome on runway 16R/34L of Denver International Airport last night, causing massive disruption and delaying several flights.

[–] Hirom@beehaw.org 10 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

From another source:

Mark Zuckerberg, Recipient of World’s First Rat Penis Transplant, Announces Meta Will Stop Fact Checking

At least it's a good opportunity for parodic news medias to have some fun at Zuck's expense.

[–] Cruxifux@feddit.nl 1 points 2 days ago

He must have wanted a larger penis

[–] manucode@infosec.pub 10 points 2 days ago

Facebook's parent company will make changes to its fact-checking to more closely resemble the site formerly known as Twitter.

The CEO will call people he disagrees with a r****d?

[–] TommySoda@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Honestly surprised people still use Facebook besides old people. Most people I talk to around my age or younger say they don't have it at all, only use it to keep in touch with certain people, or use it for business related reasons. My nieces and nephews straight up think it's just a site for old people. If Meta didn't have other sites like Instagram they probably wouldn't nearly be as big as they are.

[–] SkyNTP@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The generation that warned their children about brain rot have succumbed to that brain rot.

[–] Steve@startrek.website 4 points 2 days ago

With gusto.

[–] FlorisJan@kbin.melroy.org 4 points 2 days ago

Facebook is for old people and idiots in general. Sadly some people have no other means to stay in touch so they have to use FB. It would be fair for them to believe that are actually in hell

[–] xtr0n@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 days ago

Insta is ubiquitous and it’s run by the same amoral assholes. 😞

[–] BombOmOm@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

I'm not sure I want Facebook/Zuckerberg deciding what is and isn't 'fact'.

[–] ogmios@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

They "trust me" dumb fucks

They trusted that Zucker was a hell of a lot smarter than he actually is. That he was smart enough to recognize that building the Internet from square one on a foundation of lying and fraud wasn't going to end up creating anything of value.

Oops.

[–] octopus_ink@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Can't blame them. Facts no longer matter.

[–] sorghum@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 days ago

Or they can crowd source instead of paying a firm and get the same results for practically free. It's the same way Xitter and Wikipedia and other wikis operate.