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This might be one of the more egregious recent examples of a deliberate effort by a social media site to put its thumb on the political scale favoring Democrats over Republicans. scale. Facebook is admitting that labeling the iconic photo of a blood-streaked Trump raising his fist in defiance after the attempt on his life as “misinformation” as “an error.”
“Yes,thiswasanerror,”DaniLeverofMetawroteonX.HerpostwasinresponsetoCharlieKirk’sobservationthatFacebookwasnotallowinguserstosharethephoto,theNewYorkPostreported.
“Thisfactcheckwasinitiallyappliedtoadoctoredphotoshowingthesecretserviceagentssmiling,andinsomecasesoursystemsincorrectlyappliedthatfactchecktotherealphoto.Thishasbeenfixedandweapologizeforthemistake.”
AFacebookuserwiththehandle“EndWokeness”thatshowedtheRepublicanpresidentialcandidatedefiantlypumpinghisfistintheairwhilebloodstreamsdownhisfacehadinitiallybeenflaggedas“misinformation.”
It’snotthefirsttimeTrumphasbeendissedbyFacebook.
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