Technology,
Entertainment & Sports,
Civil Litigation
Sep. 24, 2021
TV journalist sues Facebook for flagging his videos as false, misleading
John Stossel, a former ABC and Fox news and reporter and presenter, alleged in a lawsuit filed on Wednesday that Facebook’s fact-checking process is “nothing more than a pretext” to discredit users when the company disagrees with their opinions.




An Emmy-winning TV journalist sued Facebook for flagging his videos as false and misleading, claiming the social media giant defames users with certain scientific or political viewpoints.
John Stossel, a former ABC and Fox news reporter and presenter, alleged in a lawsuit filed on Wednesday that Facebook's fact-checking process is "nothing more than a pretext" to discredit users when the company disagrees with their opinions. Facebook and ...
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