Facebook’s ‘Independent’ Fact Checks Face Quiet Political, Financial Pressures

tedlistens writes: Facing questions about a mysterious series of changes to some fact-check labels, Facebook recently wrote to a group of senators with an assurance: its fact checkers can and do label “opinion” content if it crosses the line into falsehood. What Facebook didn’t tell the senators: the company draws that line, and can pressure changes to fact checks & misinformation…

Judge Rejects Tulsi Gabbard’s ‘Free Speech’ Lawsuit Against Google

Last July, Hawaii representative and long-shot presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard sued Google for infringing on her free speech when it briefly suspended her campaign’s advertising account after the first Democratic debate in June. On Wednesday, California’s Central District Court rejected the suit outright. TechCrunch reports: Gabbard’s campaign, Tulsi Now, Inc., asked for $50 million in damages from Google for “serious and…