{"id":187480,"date":"2019-04-28T08:15:54","date_gmt":"2019-04-28T08:15:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=187480"},"modified":"2019-05-02T07:02:35","modified_gmt":"2019-05-02T07:02:35","slug":"who-checks-the-fact-checkers-facebook-leaves-verification-to-groups-funded-by-soros","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=187480","title":{"rendered":"Who checks the fact-checkers? Facebook leaves verification to groups funded by Soros"},"content":{"rendered":"

RT \u2013 April 27, 2019<\/h1>\n
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Pierre Omidyar. Click to enlarge<\/p><\/div>\n

In its crusade against ‘fake news’, Facebook has vowed to fight for impartiality. However, when it comes to fact-checking, it seems to rely on sources, which have links to the US government, and renowned political meddlers.<\/span><\/p>\n

For more than two years, the social media giant has been seeking to convince the public that it does its best to take a stand against malicious disinformation spread through its network and presented a whole bunch of instruments aimed at revealing and countering false narratives.<\/span><\/p>\n

It appears, though, that Facebook heavily relies on decisions taken by some third-parties in its ‘anti-disinformation’ policy.<\/span><\/p>\n

Submissions from the so-called fact-checkers \u2013 alongside some feedback from users \u2013 seem<\/a> to be the primary source on which Facebook relies when saying a post is ‘false’<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n

One-fits-all solution?<\/h2>\n

Facebook proudly boasted that all the “partners”<\/em> it cooperates with were “certified”<\/em> through what it calls “the non-partisan International Fact-Checking Network”<\/em> or IFCN.<\/span><\/p>\n

However, the social network’s choice of people to trust with the power to decide what is true or false does raise questions. This seemingly impressive “international network”<\/em> Facebook mentions is a project run<\/a> by Florida-based private school of journalism \u2013 the Poynter Institute for Media Studies.<\/span><\/p>\n

The project, which Facebook apparently uses as a sole instrument to find trustworthy “partners,”<\/em> seems to be way more than just a selfless initiative aimed at helping people navigate through questionable information.<\/span><\/p>\n

The IFCN was launched<\/strong><\/span><\/a> in 2015 following a generous donation totaling $300,000, which the Poynter Institute received from two sources. One of them is the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) \u2013 a “soft-power”<\/em> organization, which is funded primarily through annual allocations from the US Congress. Another one is the Omidyar Network \u2013 a foundation run by the eBay founder and self-described “progressive”<\/em> billionaire Pierre Omidyar.<\/span><\/p>\n

Although he has not yet apparently gained as much fame \u2013 or infamy for that matter \u2013 as another US billionaire and renowned political meddler, George Soros, Omidyar has also lately shown himself as a major patron of regime-change operations. As early as in 2014, the US media reported<\/strong><\/span><\/a> that Omidyar supported anti-government groups in Ukraine that opposed the then President Viktor Yanukovych, who was ousted during Maidan.<\/span><\/p>\n

A report by Forbes also suggested<\/strong><\/span><\/a> that the billionaire was one of the major funders of the Kiev-based Hromadske TV, which harbored anti-Russian views while backing the violent 2014 coup. Most recently, a group of journalists revealed<\/a> that Omidyar funds a wide range of media outlets through foundations, nonprofits and other cutouts that in fact promote the liberal interventionist agenda.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Facebook hires \u2018co-writer\u2019 of the pro-surveillance Patriot Act amid growing concerns over privacy https:\/\/t.co\/zGgKlAD3Km<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/mE3HdvpBv3<\/a><\/p>\n

— RT (@RT_com) April 23, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n