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Facebook recently admitted at court, that its fact checking is "personal opinion" rather than authoritative source. They did it to avoid fine.

If something claims authority, but with no responsibility and no oversight...

And the judge bought it:

> The labels themselves are neither false nor defamatory; to the contrary, they constitute protected opinion.

"Protected opinion" is not equivalent to "opinion".

Sounds like perhaps it was the judge that was bought?

That document was written by Facebook's lawyers, not the judge.