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Facebook users hardly saw Trump s posts labelled false : Report
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Wed, Feb 17 2021 18:06 IST |
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San Francisco, Feb 17 : Facebook users hardly saw the application of the false label on posts in general and rarer became its use on those by former US President Donald Trump even when they contained lies, suggests new research from US-based non-profit The Markup. The research suggests that Facebook applied restraints in labelling content false and the social networking giant used the label only to posts like one linking Bill Gates to a world domination plot, or one that said Biden did not win legally.