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- Two satirical websites are testing Facebook's stance that it shouldn't be the "arbiter of truth."
- The websites shared satirical articles with fictional headlines about CEO Mark Zuckerberg to Facebook on Wednesday.
- The posts came just as Zuckerberg had reiterated the company's stance on freedom of expression during broadcast news interviews before Trump signed a new executive order aimed at social media companies.
- Facebook has in the past refused to take down a doctored video of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and a fake video purporting to show Zuckerberg that appeared on Facebook-owned Instagram.
- Facebook's rules on removing manipulated media do not apply to parody or satire.
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A couple of satirical websites are putting Facebook's stance that it shouldn't be the "arbiter of truth" to the test.
The Shovel and The Chaser, both satirical websites based in Australia, shared parody stories on Facebook with headlines that are filled with false claims about Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. The Shovel's headline incorrectly said the Facebook CEO had died, while The Chaser's headline falsely called Zuckerberg a "child molester."
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