Facebook ‘Fact-Checks’ Recession Definition: Phil Magness

Paul Greaney
By Paul Greaney
August 1, 2022NTD Business
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Facebook recently fact-checked an economist for saying a recession is two straight quarters of negative economic growth. Phil Magness says that’s simply the textbook definition of a recession, but Facebook threatened to cut his reach if he repeatedly shares “false inflation.”

NTD spoke with Magness, research and education director at the American Institute for Economic Research, to learn more.

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