Source Code: Facebook goes after superspreaders

Facebook announced Wednesday that it will now limit the spread of all posts from individual Facebook users who repeatedly share content that’s been debunked by fact-checkers.

That’s right, all posts from those superspreaders will be suppressed. Yes, even the cat pictures. Facebook already limits the reach of individual posts that contain misinformation and levies various punishments on Pages and Groups that are havens for misinformation. But it hasn’t so far cracked down on individual Facebook users.

• That matters. Research has repeatedly shown that whether it comes to COVID vaccine misinformation or election falsehoods, even a small handful of individuals can become superspreaders of misinformation.
• Sometimes those superspreaders, like former President Trump, are sharing misinformation on Pages. But in other cases, they’re sharing posts from individual accounts with substantial reach. Until now, Facebook has taken action against the content of their posts, but not the people behind them.

via mailchi.mp

Facebook makes it so easy to coordinate on the truth. They make it so you don’t even have to think about anything for yourself!