Facebook sent flawed data to misinformation researchers

[skrillhouse]

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2020/2020-election-misinformation-distortions

[ljw1001]

We heard you like misinformation, so we put some misinformation in your misinformation

[_qzu4]

> Mavis Jones, a Facebook spokeswoman, said the issue was caused by a technical error, “which we proactively told impacted partners about and are working swiftly to resolve.”

What a load of horseshit. Blame everything on a technical error. They know what they were doing.

[tait]

Wow. Who could have imagined?

[xt00]

Is misinformation a verb?

[jonesnc → xt00]

I think they meant researchers who study misinformation.

[andyxor]

i'm wondering who defines "false and misleading" these days, is there like an official arbiter of truth