Clinton mega donor George Soros leads line-up of liberal …
Dec 16, 2016 — Democrat billionaire George Soros is among investors who will bankroll Facebook's new fake news fact checking feature. Google, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the National Endowment for Democracy are also funding the pilot.
Clinton mega donor George Soros leads line-up of liberal billionaires who are funding Facebook's fake news fact checker
George Soros's Open Society Foundations will fund fact checking initiative
Hungarian businessman donated more than $25million to Clinton's campaign
Clinton super-donor Pierre Omidyar is also linked to the pilot project
He has given more than $30million to the Clintons and their charities in past
Facebook feature will flag 'disputed' stories to users before they share them
Stories are reported to 'third party checkers' which include ABC and Snopes
Clinton's campaign was plagued with fake news stories before the election
Right-wing commentators fear it will boost liberal content and censor Republican messages
Billionaire Clinton donor George Soros is among a line-up of wealthy liberal figures who will fund Facebook's fake news fact checker.
The 86-year-old Hungarian financier's Open Society Foundation is listed among organizations which are backing The International Fact Checking Network, the body tasked with flagging bogus news stories to social media users, on its website.
Soros, a staunch Democrat who tried to block George W. Bush's campaign in 2004, has given $25million to Clinton and causes dear to her.
Other donors involved in the new fact checking feature include eBay founder Pierre Omidyar who has committed more than $30million to the Clintons and their charities.
Google, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the National Endowment for Democracy are also funding the pilot.
The line-up feeds criticism from right-wing commentators that the new fact checking feature will be biased towards left-wing causes and could interfere with the social media feeds of millions of voters.
The feature was announced by Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Thursday night.
It will flag any stories which have been 'disputed by a 3rd party' before users attempt to share them and prohibit the promotion of any fake stories.
The third parties include but are not limited to ABC News, Politico, Snopes and The Washington Post.
They are among signatories to the IFCN's code of principles. The Poynter Institute said it would review its sign-up processes in light of Facebook's announcement and would not be accepting any new members for the foreseeable future.
Soros's support was considered so crucial by Clinton campaign aides during the presidential race they discussed how to 'keep him happy' in leaked emails.
In one, senior aide Huma Abedin advised campaign manager Robby Mook to send Clinton to a Soros event 'for political reasons'.
When her crushing defeat was made plain on November 9, Soros regrouped with other Democrat mega-donors to discuss how they could 'take back power' from the Republicans.
At a meeting arranged by the Democracy Alliance, another organization spearheaded by the billionaire, insiders plotted how to correct the course of action and dissect their mistakes in trying to get Hillary elected.
You don’t lose an election you were supposed to win, with so much at stake, without making some big mistakes, in assumptions, strategy and tactics,' Gara LaMarche, president of the Democracy Alliance, admitted in his opening statement.
His role has prompted rife concern among right-wing news organizations.
Breitbart, whose owners are among Trump's largest donors, heralded news of Soros's involvement as proof of bias in the Facebook feature.
Infowars, another staunchly Republican site, was among the first to condemn the added feature and question the trustworthiness of the 'third party' checkers.
'One of Facebook's 'fact checkers' is the Washington Post, who had to admit to putting out an inaccurate 'fake news' list just a week ago,' said Infowars' Paul Watson on Twitter.
'The 'fact checkers' that will bury 'fake news' on Facebook is just a bunch of mainstream news outlets. This is about silencing competition,' he added
Investigative conservative group, Veritas Action, added: 'Seriously @facebook? Using biased sources re @factcheckdotorg @snopes @PolitiFact as sources to determine #FakeNews?'
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