Filtering fake news invites charges of censorship bias.

Evidence

But these attempts to “filter out” fake news along with other objectionable content would surely suffer from accusations that the screeners are being biased in their judgment of biased content. — Lee McIntyre, Post-Truth, 232

Categorization

• QUESTION: Worth chasing: does this ‘bias in judging bias’ dynamic explain why platforms prefer opaque algorithms to transparent editors?
• XREF: connects to: Fake news is better countered by flooding with real news than censorship. — Lee McIntyre, Post-Truth, 233; The phrase fake news is ascribed to whichever outlet is politically opposed — Sander van der Linden, Foolproof: Why Misinformation Infects…, 723; Anti-fake-news measures will be gamed once they become targets — Cailin O’Connor and James Owen Weatherall, The Misinformation Age: How False…, 581 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• The phrase fake news is ascribed to whichever outlet is politically opposed #corroborates (0.85) — Sander van der Linden, Foolproof, 723
• Anti-fake-news measures will be gamed once they become targets #complicates (0.75) — Cailin O’Connor and James Owen Weatherall, The Misinformation Age, 581
• Comparisons to totalitarian censorship exonerated broadcasters from regulation. #exemplifies (0.70) — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement, 958