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Facebook's Fake News Crisis Deepens

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

Phoenix666 writes:

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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• Re:People believe their echo chamber Re:People believe their echo chamber (Score: 3, Insightful) by JoeMerchant on Wednesday November 16 2016, @03:23PM

  by JoeMerchant (3937) on Wednesday November 16 2016, @03:23PM (#427537)

  We've gone from shady real-estate dealing lawyers, to the son of a former president who's clearly in bed with his home district's top money spinners, so much so as to embroil the country in a years long war, to a Chicago machine politician, now to choosing an Atlantic City casino owner who bankrupts his businesses as strategy and openly flaunts paying his taxes, because what we've learned about the shady lawyers after 20+ years in the spotlight was so unpalatable that the Casino boss looked better.

  I'm not choosing sides - any side I might choose has too little political power to get anything meaningful done. 5 more decades and I'm out, it's my kids' problem then.

  --
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• Re:People believe their echo chamber Re:People believe their echo chamber (Score: 2) by bob_super on Wednesday November 16 2016, @05:14PM

  by bob_super (1357) on Wednesday November 16 2016, @05:14PM (#427617)

  > I'm not choosing sides (...) 5 more decades and I'm out, it's my kids' problem then.

  Giving up when the clock is against you is wise. Who's ever accomplished anything in less than 50 years?

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  • Re:People believe their echo chamber (Score: 2) by JoeMerchant on Wednesday November 16 2016, @07:02PM

    by JoeMerchant (3937) on Wednesday November 16 2016, @07:02PM (#427689)

    Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change,
    Courage to change the things I can,
    And wisdom to know the difference.

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