Wikipedia, the internet’s crowd-sourced encyclopedia, has declared “fake news” on far-right site Breitbart, deeming the outlet asn unreliable source for facts.
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Milo Yiannopoulos’ Facebook rant shows that de-platforming actually works
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Wait, Milo Yiannopoulos is still on Facebook?
Late Friday night, former Breitbart golden boy and rallying figure for the alt-right, Milo Yiannopoulos, complained in the comments section of a Facebook post about how hard his life had become.
“I have lost everything standing up for the truth in America, spent all my savings, destroyed all my friendships, and ruined my whole life,” Yiannopoulos wrote. “At some point, you realize it’s occasionally better to spend the money on crabs and cocktails.”
Yiannopoulos later characterized the comment as “casually snapping” at someone, but his words highlight a greater point: that de-platforming hate-mongering internet celebrities actually works. It reduces the influence pernicious trolls like Yiannopoulos can have on national discourse. And makes their speech, though still hateful, and free, do less harm. Read more…
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At least we’ll always have American carnage.
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Breitbart and Infowars are anti-net neutrality, but could be hit hard under repeal
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If you get your news from Gateway Pundit, net neutrality is covered with stories like “Obama’s Terrifying Federal Government SCAM That Liberals Fell For.“
The pundit, however, should be worried.
Far-right websites have been eagerly awaiting Thursday’s repeal of net neutrality regulations, but it’s confusing as to why these conservative sites wanted the Federal Communications Commission to turn over power to internet service providers, like Comcast and Verizon. The decision is poised to hurt more than help these small media sites.
Articles on deeply conservative sites like Breitbart News, Infowars, the Daily Caller, and others are filled with anti-net neutrality rhetoric and cheers about the repeal. On Infowars net neutrality is associated with the hated Obama presidency. “FCC TO FREE INTERNET FROM OBAMA’S “NET NEUTRALITY” RULES” one recent headline states. Read more…
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Facebook doesn’t scan Messenger for fake news. But it definitely should
Facebook has been cracking down on fake news, but it’s been missing one very important place of conversation.
Messenger, the standalone app for Facebook’s private messaging feature, is not being included in the company’s fact-checking program.
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Twitter user trolls ‘Breitbart’ in one genius move
Breitbart thought it had nailed a joke about the impending end to net neutrality. Then it was owned by the Twitter user it retweeted.
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