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FB is run by Mark Zuckerberg, who is clearly a Republican (or a Republican-supporter, at the very least). Why would he change anything when it benefits the party that he so clearly supports?

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It’s all about the Benjamins!

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Facebook *should* issue corrections. Then again, they'd also have to admit they were wrong and that doesn't seem like it's happening anytime soon.

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As I read I was thinking I'd like to see solutions as well as a (well researched, much appreciated!) description of problems.

And there it was, a suggested solution! Issuing corrections.

Alas, I cannot see my 80ish mother connecting a correction weeks later to a post/ad she read (over and over) last month.

The pace of communication is too fast and the cost of participation is too low. Wish I had a suggestion for a solution.

Not a solution, but a hope at least: I believe younger people are used to marketing/advertising saturating their lives and know to question the assertions. We now have the means to quickly research any subject: instant access and no (additional) costs other than time.

Maybe the solution is simply the passing of generations. Not everyone will seek facts, and haters will hate, but that has always been part of humanity and we have survived.

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Well said. There are none so blind as those with eyes who will not see.

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Penny, I am so, so sorry for what you went through.

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