fact check on fact checking

be evil (by proxy)

well, this is a relief!

noted censorship and fact shaping enthusiast “google” is going to pile $13 million in grants onto “factchecknet.”

i mean, what could go wrong?

Google @Google

We want to help people access quality and accurate information online. Together with @YouTube, we’re announcing a $13.2 million grant to @factchecknet for a new Global Fact Check Fund. Learn more ↓

goo.gleHow Google and YouTube are investing in fact-checkingGoogle and YouTube are announcing a $13.2 million grant to the International Fact-Checking Network to launch a new Global Fact Check Fund.

seems like they have all the “conflict of interest” angles covered…

Viva Frei @thevivafrei

How “fake news laundering” / cycle of corruption works: @Google grants $13+ million to “fact checker” @factchecknet. Factchecknet works with @Poynter. Poynter is funded (in part) by… @washingtonpost, an entity Factchecknet would have to fact check. What could possibly go wrong? https://t.co/2X0KmAjwmn

Google @Google

We want to help people access quality and accurate information online. Together with @YouTube, we’re announcing a $13.2 million grant to @factchecknet for a new Global Fact Check Fund. Learn more ↓ https://t.co/8EeVGgtsse

now, call me mr cynical paws, but when they show me this

pretty much all i see is this:

and i think we can all pretty much guess what to expect next.

(in fairness, this is probably much too much to expect)

and obviously, many hands here are pulling hard to harm the newbird bluebird.

imagine how afraid they must be to be responding with such overt antipathy for free speech.

but some possibly reliable sources think a solution may be in the works:

only time will tell on that one.

but of one thing we can be absolutely sure:

and anyone claiming otherwise is not your friend.

i mean, seriously google…