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Facebook 'fact-checkers' could be politically biased themselves, admits the tech giant's vice-president Nick Clegg
Former Deputy PM made admission to EU officials in November during talks about how tech giant was tackling misinformation flooding its site
Facebook announced fact-checking measures in 2016 amid claims its failure to remove misleading content helped to swing that year's US Presidential election in favour of Donald Trump
The measures, which allow users to alert Facebook to content they believed to be fake, was applauded by many - but critics decried the intervention, warning Facebook would rely on Left-wing fact-checkers
In recent weeks huge controversy has surrounded its decision to censor stories claiming Covid-19 could have been man-made and leaked from a Wuhan lab
Facebook vice-president Nick Clegg has admitted the company's fact-checkers – employed to root out alleged 'fake news' from its social-media platforms – could be biased and pursuing their own political agendas, according to a European Commission document obtained by The Mail on Sunday.
The former Deputy Prime Minister made the admission to EU officials in November during talks about how the tech giant was tackling misinformation flooding its site.
Facebook announced fact-checking measures in 2016 amid claims that its failure to remove misleading content helped to swing that year's US Presidential election in favour of Donald Trump.
The measures, which allow users to alert Facebook to content they believed to be fake, was applauded by many.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9679631/Facebook-fact-checkers-politically-biased-Nick-Clegg-admits.html
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