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Fact-checking reduces the circulation of misinformation – we should not get rid of it (cepr.org)

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TLDR: It reduces the virality of misinformation by ~8% and increases article deletion.

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[–] frongt@lemmy.zip 2 points 4 months ago

This assumes that there is an objective and 100% contextualized truth, which is never the case. Getting a free frogurt seems unquestionably a boon, until you learn it's cursed and contains potassium benzoate.