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Covid hoaxes are using a loophole to stay alive–even after content is deleted (technologyreview.com)
4 points by walterbell on May 23, 2020 | hide | past | favorite | 2 comments



The "loophole" in question is the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine.

I'm not completely sure that this should be called a loophole, but I am having trouble thinking of another term for it.


It is unfortunate that Facebook still allows this:

> The most interactions on the News NT Wayback Machine link comes from a public Facebook group, Trump for President 2020, which is administered by Brian Kolfage. He is best known as the person behind the controversial nonprofit We Build the Wall. Using the technique of keyword squatting, this page has sought to capture those seeking to join Facebook groups related to Trump. It now has nearly 240,000 members, and the public group has changed its name several times— from “PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP [OFFICIAL]” to “President Donald Trump [OFFICIAL]” then “The Deplorable”s ” and finally “Trump For President 2020.” By claiming to be Trump’s “official” page and using an impostor check mark, groups like this can engender trust among an already polarized public.




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