Fact-checking organization Snopes issued an inaccurate fact-check that asserted that the missing OceanGate Titanic exploration submersible was using Elon Musk’s StarLink satellite internet service. On Tuesday, Snopes published an article titled “Was the Missing Titanic Submersible Using Satellites from Elon Musk’s Company?” The claim the Snopes article originally addressed somewhat differs from the article’s headline. While…
Snopes Fact-Checker Jumbles Claim Missing Titanic Submersible Was Using Elon Musk’s StarLink Service
Advertising Business Linked to Deaths and Greenwashing
Investment in these companies has skyrocketed in recent years, but many aren’t what they claim to be. Take this firm for example, despite their virtual signaling – look at what they actually own. I urge you: Do not be fooled by these hucksters. STORY AT-A-GLANCE Advertising agencies wield great power over public opinion, and prosecutors…
Facebook Won’t Fact-Check Politicians in Upcoming Australian Election: Meta
Meta has outlined extensive plans to limit the spread of “misinformation” and bolster “election integrity” in the upcoming Australian federal election by expanding its fact-checking network. The Facebook and Instagram parent company has invested considerable resources working with local groups to put together a complete set of election integrity measures, according to Meta Australia’s Head…
Big Oops: Facebook Lawyers Reveal Why Company Must Be Broken Up
Commentary More than any principle, freedom of speech is what makes America, America. Other defining characteristics exist—many extremely important as well—but once we have lost the ability to express our opinions openly, we are no longer the semblance of a democratic republic. Other principles are automatically undermined. For some time now, this freedom has been…
‘Fact Checks’ by Non-Experts Are Shutting Down Genuine Scientific Inquiry
Commentary We recently published a new climate change report in the peer-reviewed scientific journal Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics (RAA). The nearly two dozen co-authors of our paper are experts in solar physics and climate science from 14 countries. We were looking at the role of the Sun in climate change. We found that, depending…
Facebook and the Fact Checkers
Commentary Recently, Facebook took down Lara Trump’s interview with former President Donald Trump, warning that Trump’s content was banned on the platform. In doing this, Facebook made a new escalation in its censorship project. First, Facebook took the position Trump could not post because his claims of election fraud, leading up to the events of…
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