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Facebook would be so much better with fact-checking. It seriously would improve the state of the world.

What makes you think that? Their moderation team is not paid well, mostly outsourced to contracting firms, and has no accountability.

What happens when their moderation team decides some anti-vax nuttery is "a fact" and then bans anyone disagreeing?

As a reminder, this is a group that handed out punishments for pictures of infants being breastfed.

I'm not insinuating that they use the same method used as the moderation team.

I don't know his name, but what was your opinion on that guy from Google who said we shouldn't force women into STEM for the equality, but let them do what they want (which may not be STEM.)

Is the world better off without that opinion (or fact, depending on who you ask?)

My opinion is that you cannot fact check opinion pieces. There is a difference between news and opinion articles.

But according to him, he was using facts backed by research.

You see how this can be sticky.

You certainly can fact check the assumptions behind opinions or their sources, particularly in a venue where the intent of the author is to influence the reader into accepting an opinion.

What is a fact when it comes to sociological research?

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