Facebook's reluctance to fact-check conspiracy theories is based on an outdated "backfire" theory; experiments show fact-checks and debunkings are effective (Wired) Heaven32 16/05/2020 Comments Wired: Facebook’s reluctance to fact-check conspiracy theories is based on an outdated “backfire” theory; experiments show fact-checks and debunkings are effective — The biggest social network in the world has the wrong idea for how… Continue download →