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by listenallyall 1855 days ago
You're entirely correct -- I am not denying Facebook the company has strong political leanings, or that it doesn't, shall we say, "influence" its fact checkers. But in this particular case, the lab-leak theory, traditional media was so aggressive in shutting it down and "confirming" its falsehood (despite not having any actual facts or evidence), that Facebook really had no choice.
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traditional media was so aggressive in shutting it down and "confirming" its falsehood

Agreed, all of them did it for the same reason and mutually reinforced each other, an extraordinary example of groupthink.