Fact-Checked on Facebook and Twitter, Conservatives Switch Their Apps [View all]

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Since the election, millions have migrated to alternative social media and media sites like Parler, Rumble and Newsmax.

Supporters of President Trump rallied in Harrisburg, Pa., on Saturday. Many conservatives have shifted away from Facebook and Twitter since the election.Credit...Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

By Mike Isaac and Kellen Browning at the NY Times

Nov. 11, 2020Updated 7:22 p.m. ET

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/11/technology/facebook-twitter-parler-rumble-newsmax-conservatives-apps.html?action=click&module=Top Stories&pgtype=Homepage

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Corey Adam, a political comedian from Minneapolis, joined a mass social media switcheroo last week.

That was when Mr. Adam, 39, a conservative and libertarian, watched Twitter and Facebook add labels to social media posts from President Trump and other Republicans who falsely claimed he had won the election. Many of the labels said the assertions were disputed. And on Twitter, some of Mr. Trump’s tweets were hidden completely.

To Mr. Adam, the social media companies appeared to be singling out conservative voices. So he decided to shift to Parler, a social networking app that he has used on and off for a year, and to largely ignore those two big platforms, he said.

“Facebook started muting, deleting and labeling every conservative political post in my feed,” Mr. Adam said. “If you’re going to do something, you have to be fair to both sides. You don’t just get to pick one side to promote.”

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