Facebook fact checks post about the definition of a recession: Facebook fact-checked a user's post about the definition of a recession according to a screenshot shared by the user. The user shared a portion of a White House article titled, "How Do Economists Determine Whether the Economy Is in a Recession?" The article claimed that two consecutive quarters of falling real GDP do not constitute a recession. Facebook deemed the image to be "partly false," added a notice to the post and linked to a PolitiFact article that said, "No, the White House didn't change the definition of 'recession.'" In a tweet about the incident, the user said, "We live in an Orwellian hell-scape. Facebook is now 'fact checking' anyone who questions the White House's word-games about the definition of a recession." Fact-checked posts lose exposure and are negatively affected by the platform's algorithm.