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Google searches for deleting Facebook, Instagram on the rise after Meta ends fact-checking | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)

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[–] Eudocimus@lemm.ee 6 points 2 months ago (5 children)

I have no clue why anyone takes this seriously or is concerned about this. I have seen maybe three fact-checks during my lifetime on Facebook. That was a long long time ago. I disagreed with two of them and I am not sure if the third one said anything interesting.

Is there a population somewhere I am not aware of, who believes everything they see on Facebook, who will now be ruined by this change?

[–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 2 months ago

The usual suspects of Gen Boomer and X that first preached to not believe anything on the internet and yet doing exactly that without an external fact check.

Personally for stuff I don't really care, I will always say "Allegedly (...)" before stating something a website says. If the stuff is important (to me or a peer) I might look harder into it.

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[–] feedum_sneedson@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago (3 children)

I don't want to see this human's face again.

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[–] Magister@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I don't care about Facebook, but Messenger and Marketplace I cannot replace them at all for the moment :-/

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[–] index@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

stop upvoting "news" that only ends up giving more visibility to these clowns

[–] fuck_u_spez_in_particular@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

I think Facebook is popular enough, that this kind of news is actually damaging...

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