what do people generally think about Facebook being an arbiter of truth?
It's a horrible idea.
does Facebook have any responsibility to label/monitor content
No.
great power (showing you anything you want)
You're confusing FB and Google (and a library, etc.)
how would you design around the issue of spreading false information?
I wouldn't.
I recommend acquiring some familiarity with the concept of the freedom of speech.
It's a horrible idea.
Can you at least try to articulate why you believe this? When you make a statement like this with very few arguments, in response to a genuine question, it doesn't matter if you feel the post you're responding to is incredibly misguided or based on poor understanding. It's simply condescending to respond this way. Now, as of my writing this comment, your response has 6 upvotes. For a forum with a lot of posts with zero votes, it's pretty rare to have posts with this many upvotes, unless a lot of community members feel your response ...
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