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Originally Posted by Traum
#3 is particularly meaningless. It happened because on FB's own accord, they were trying to fact check the news. IMO for a credible news / social media platform, presenting credible information is more important than delivering that new information at breakneck speed. And because of that, it isn't even about free speech.
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Not sure how I forgot to mention this because it is something that I will always remember -- during the 2020 POTUS election, the majority of mainstream US media (which are more pro Democrats than pro GOP) have deliberately avoided reporting on Hunter Biden's laptop incident for well over a week -- something like 7 - 10+ days, I seem to remember) even though it really did occurred, and they did so because of the potential (negative) political impact it would have on the Biden campaign. This is extremely shameful, because even though news media could well have a political preference, they still have a fundamental duty to report on current and important news, regardless of whether the news supported their political bias or not. But they have failed to live up to this core value of news media.