Shawn Jay Gupda

Facebook fact-checked a meme about Ghislaine Maxwell: A user told CensorTrack via email that Facebook fact-checked a meme he posted that included a picture of Ghislaine Maxwell, the alleged accomplice of infamous sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein as she spoke at a UN event, according to a screenshot provided by the user. Below the picture read the words "If you think it's ridiculous to think that child traffickers are in the highest positions of responsibility, then explain why Ghislane [sic] Maxwell hung out with royalty and spoke before the UN at least 9 times." It's unclear exactly which fact-checker contested the graphic but the Reuters fact check claimed that the graphic was "partly false" because of a minor distinction. The fact-checker claimed stated that "[a] U.N. spokesman emphasized to Reuters via email that speaking ‘at’ the U.N. is different than speaking ‘to’ the U.N. While Maxwell has spoken at events hosted by member states and non-governmental organizations on the U.N. premises, she had not, to his knowledge, ever addressed an official meeting of a U.N. legislative body, such as the General Assembly or the Security Council." It is unclear whether the graphic was claiming that Maxwell had spoken at/to the UN at least nine times or whether it meant that she had either met with royalty or spoken at/to the UN a combined total of at least 9 times. Fact-checked posts lose exposure on Facebook feeds as they are negatively affected by the platform's algorithm. According to Facebook, users fail to click through a fact-check interstitial to see the post 95% of the time

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