On a post that was flagged by the United States-based fact checking website Lead Stories, one Facebook user tells her to “create a group chat instead.” Other followers urge her to “click and save to phone instead, then send through messenger.” ‘MAKE A GROUP CHAT.’ A netizen tells social media personality Lynn Agno, aka Lynn Channel, to start a group chat to share information that has been debunked by Facebook’s 3rd-party fact checkers. On Agno’s personal wall, followers suggest ways by which she can get around Facebook’s fact-checking policies and policy restrictions. Misinformation is misleading content shared with no intent to harm, while disinformation is shared with a deliberate intent to deceive or harm. In one post, she said she was sure she would get fact-checked again but she shared the content nonetheless. As a repeat offender, her page has faced restrictions, including having its distribution reduced and its ability to monetize or advertise removed.Īgno is aware of Facebook’s mis- and disinformation policies. Her content has been flagged by Facebook’s 3rd-party fact checkers at least 4 times, which means Facebook has put warning labels on her misleading posts and has notified those who interacted with them. She usually discusses conspiracy theories or unverified claims.
Unscrupulous users are exploiting these gaps in implementation to get around Facebook’s policies on mis- and disinformation.įacebook personality Lynn Agno, aka “Lynn Channel,” has been speaking about COVID-19 in videos live-streamed through her Facebook page since late March 2020.These features are available in only 8 countries, excluding the Philippines and 68 others where Messenger outstrips WhatsApp in popularity. Messenger has slowly been rolling out features to curb the spread of misinformation and disinformation, but rollouts are staggered.WhatsApp places a low 4th in the country’s total number of active users. WhatsApp is the most popular chat app in the world, but, in the Philippines, Facebook Messenger is the chat app of choice.
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