Unlike Twitter, Facebook didn’t block users from linking the Post story, but it did flag it for third-party fact-checkers to review, and the firm says that, on average, when such a review deems a story “false” it causes views of an article to plummet 80 percent.
Facebook didn’t respond to Newsweek’s request to comment on the outcome of its flag or review (or even if a review has been conducted yet), but it appears the act of flagging the story itself has dented its appeal.
