The NRA is accusing Meta of “election interference” after the tech giant cracked down on social media posts it deemed “false information” about Vice President Kamala Harris.
The gun rights advocacy group had criticized Harris for her liberal gun control stance, something she has attempted to distance herself from as the Democratic presidential nominee.
On Sept. 18, the NRA shared a 2007 clip of Harris, then a San Francisco D.A., talking tough on the city’s efforts against handguns.
“Just because you legally possess a gun in the sanctity of your locked home doesn’t mean that we’re got going to walk into that home and check to see if you’re being responsible,” Harris said at the time.
The NRA added captions to the clip reading “Kamala Harris will seize your legally owned guns,” adding “Kamala Harris wants mass gun confiscation, and she’s willing to weaponize the government to enter your home and seize your legally owned gun.”
However, on Sept. 24, the post was slapped with a “false information” label on both Instagram and Facebook.
“Independent fact-checkers say this information has no basis in fact. You can choose whether to see it,” a disclaimer tells Facebook users.
— Joseph A. Wulfsohn in NRA accuses Meta of ‘election interference’ after labeling posts hitting Harris ‘false information’
“Independent fact-checkers say this information has no basis in fact. ”
Hitler did the same thing about foreign media stories about Jews being exterminated …”no basis in fact” his “Independent fact-checkers” said. His “Independent fact-checkers” were those who were allied with Hitler’s ’cause. Yeah, the world saw what happened.