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posted by janrinok on Wednesday November 16 2016, @12:17AM   Printer-friendly
from the truth-and-nothing-but-the-truth dept.

Despite the best efforts of Mark Zuckerberg to downplay Facebook's role in the election of Donald Trump, the scrutiny of how fake news is spread on the platform has intensified.

Buzzfeed News is reporting that "more than dozens" of Facebook employees have created an unofficial task force dedicated to addressing the issue.

Buzzfeed quoted one member of that task force, who did not want to be named over fears for their job.

"[Mark Zuckerberg] knows, and those of us at the company know, that fake news ran wild on our platform during the entire campaign season," the source said.

The election shook out the way it did because there were ways around the narrative the media was pushing?


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  • (Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 16 2016, @01:00AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 16 2016, @01:00AM (#427303)

    Fake things on the internet? We cant have that now can we.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 16 2016, @01:10AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 16 2016, @01:10AM (#427306)

    We can have fake things on the internet. We just don't have to support it. Most of these fake news stories are about conning partisans for clicks because the most cynical are the most gullible. And just like nobody forces you to advertise in your local newspaper, facebook isn't required to lend the con artists a hand either. Go start your own website, nobody's stopping you.