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John Stossel Sues Facebook for Defamation Over Fact-Check
Yahoo! ^ | Sep 23 | Lindsey Ellefson

Posted on 09/23/2021 4:05:25 PM PDT by RandFan

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To: nesnah

They’ve got billions of users across their platforms. They won’t miss 10s of millions. They will miss the money if tens of millions sued them and won.

As for the merits, I think if you state something true and they say it is untrue, they defamed you by calling you a liar. This is especially true for reporters and publishers - they are damaged financially and economically by lowering their credibility in the eye of the public.

Dan Bongino said this well over a year ago: You don’t need “fact checkers” on social media. The people are the fact checkers. It’s SOCIAL! If I say something wrong, there are plenty of people who can rebut it. If they say something wrong, I can rebut it. These platforms have crossed the line imo. They are publishers, not platforms. They should lose their exemption or get rid of their speech patrols. The only thing they should do, if they want to, is report criminal activity to law enforcement and the rest is up to the users.


21 posted on 09/23/2021 5:04:48 PM PDT by monkeyshine (live and let live is dead)
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To: for-q-clinton

You were promoting the competition. That’s like drinking Pepsi or flying United in Atlanta!


22 posted on 09/23/2021 5:05:47 PM PDT by monkeyshine (live and let live is dead)
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To: nesnah

No..
That is what they want, to silence you..

I will not leave and make it easy on them...
I will stay right there and dedicate myself to making their life every bit as miserable as they try to make mine..
How, you ask?
Report every ad as offensive.
Rebuke their argument in a way they will not suspect.

In other words, out think them.
If you quit, you are giving them what they want.


23 posted on 09/23/2021 5:13:38 PM PDT by joe fonebone (bush league chamber of commerce worshiping republiCAN'Ts are the enemy)
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To: Morpheus2009

I don’t know, I never got banned from them. All it does is hide your IP address so I assume Facebook identifies users by their IP


24 posted on 09/23/2021 5:13:40 PM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (As long as Hillary Clinton remains free equal justice under the law will never exist in the USA)
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

Interesting.


25 posted on 09/23/2021 5:30:42 PM PDT by Sans-Culotte (11/3-11/4/2020 - The USA became a banana republic.)
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To: nesnah

“ No, 10s of millions should dump FakeBook. End of problem....”

Let’s go with that AND suing the snot out of them.


26 posted on 09/23/2021 6:29:00 PM PDT by jdsteel ("A Republic, Madam, if you can keep it." Sorry Ben, looks like we blew it.)
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To: Morpheus2009

100,000 suing for $10,000 each is $1 billion.


27 posted on 09/23/2021 6:44:20 PM PDT by alternatives? (The only reason to have an army is to defend your borders,)
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To: for-q-clinton
My business account got killed three or four years ago.

No reason given.

28 posted on 09/23/2021 6:49:14 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (I had my emotional DNA done. Turns out I am a reincarnation of Subadar Prag Tewarri.)
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To: RandFan

Brilliant!


29 posted on 09/23/2021 7:19:35 PM PDT by jimfree (My 18 y/o granddaughter continues to have more quality exec experience than Joe Biden.)
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To: RandFan

Facebook to be fact checked in court.


30 posted on 09/23/2021 9:11:02 PM PDT by minnesota_bound (I need more money. )
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To: RandFan

Go get ‘em John!


31 posted on 09/24/2021 2:45:31 AM PDT by vpintheak (Live free, or die!)
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To: minnesota_bound

You misspelled “NaziBook”...


32 posted on 09/24/2021 2:49:11 AM PDT by newfreep (“Leftism, under all of its brand names, is a severe, violent & evil mental disorder.”)
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