Facebook Pushes ‘False Flag’ Amtrak Conspiracies in Trending Section

By Ben Collins, Daily Beast; January 31, 2018

The “People Are Saying” section of Facebook’s curated Trending News feature prominently surfaced several conspiracy theories about Wednesday’s Amtrak crash pushed by personal accounts, alleging a “false flag” attack by “commie-lib resisters” or Hillary Clinton herself.

For users logged out of Facebook, “People Are Saying” is the only section that surfaces on the topic page for the Amtrak crash in Charlottesville that left one dead and two others injured.

Click here to read the full story.

 

Please share with others