Anders Eknert @anderseknert@hachyderm.io
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I didn't expect my post about Swedish Television mistakenly labeling Vladimir Putin as "president USA" yesterday to blow up the way it did. What I *really* didn't expect was 's admins deleting my post just as it was approaching a thousand boosts. This because someone allegedly reported it as "misinformation", and that what I saw on TV "does not appear to have actually happened"... which ironically is about as Putinesque a statement can be.

So how would you fact check this? A few people commenting on the post had already done that, the way people normally do — by asking for the source. And they got it. I even boosted the link to SVT Play, where the broadcast can be streamed by anyone. It's still there svtplay.se/video/jAM5B9o/aktue

The Hachyderm "fact checking" process doesn't ask for a source though. In fact, they didn't ask me for anything. Since there were no news headlines mentioning this blunder, it must not have happened.

I appreciate the lecture for me to "fact check my posts before posting", but the assumption that I'd want to post anything on this instance again could certainly need some fact checking.

To the rest of you, enjoy this last screenshot of Putin definitely not getting labeled as "president USA" on SVT2 News on Swedish Television. And for those of you who can't get enough of things that never happened, I'll post a video in a comment below too.

Message from the Hachyderm admins stating "Some of your posts have been found to violate one or more community guidelines and have been subsequently removed by the moderators of hachyderm.io. Hello, Your post was reported to us as it contains incorrect information. Although we do not believe this was intentional (and thus are not categorizing this as "misinformation"), we are removing the post as it does not appear to have actually happened. We fact checked this post by researching if there were any news headlines, in the US or elsewhere, that a major European news network had labeled Russia's president as the president of the United States. In future, please fact check posts before posting / reposting them. Misinformation is spreading rapidly with the current political situation both in the United States and internationally, and it is important to not to contribute to it when and where that can be avoided. Thank you, The Hachyderm Mods"Screenshot from SVT (Swedish Television) picturing Vladimir Putin with the title "president USA" next to his name.
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