Now, one of the Winklevoss twins ― who are best known for suing Mark Zuckerberg over the idea for Facebook ― is falsely claiming that the whole fact-checking process is actually censorship.
Cameron Winklevoss made the very Orwellian comment via Twitter on Thursday and managed to work up a quite large ratio in the process.
"Fact checking" is a euphemism for editorializing which is a form of censorship. And that's a fact.
Many Twitter users immediately fact-checked Winklevoss’ false definition of fact-checking.
No, fact checking is investigating an issue in order to verify the facts. Facts exist. The truth exists. And when the president of the U.S. pushes a lie about widespread voter fraud for which there is no evidence, it is 100% within Twitter's rights to fact check him on that.
What are you talking about? Fact checking is speech. It’s basically a way to respond, through more speech, to what another person has said. Editorializing is speech. Censorship would be suppressing fact checks and editorials.
The point is this hollow static of yours is causing many to wonder about that. As you know, fact-checking is not editorializing, and it's a lie to say so. Editorializing is smuggling opinion into ostensible analysis. Fact-checking's about calling out blunders, errors, lies.
Of course it's not censorship. Love how these people whining about censorship and civil rights have never supported others on those issues. Time to start checking for ACLU memberships.
Fact checking is like adding warning labels. Censorship is like banning things.
Given that pro-freedom people have been pushing the former as an alternative to the latter for decades, I'd say we should give people trying to actually implement the former some slack.
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