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from the no-more-profits-from-false-prophets dept.
Google and Facebook finally announced steps to tackle fake news on their respective platforms this week following increasing pressure from critics eager to halt the flow of falsehoods online.
Both companies said they will prohibit fake news websites from advertising on their platforms, thus reducing the exposure of such articles to the public while also starving the companies of an important source of advertising income.
The move comes after the companies received a wave of criticism over its role in propagating misinformation, particularly in this election cycle in which many observed that a bitter partisan war was potentially worsened by polarizing news sources touting untrue assertions. While the technology companies have in the past been hesitant to mediate the flow of news, this change might signal a change in thought as they come to grip with the real-life implications of lackluster surveillance on their platforms.
Wrongthink will not be permitted, citizens.
(Score: 2) by Bot on Friday November 18 2016, @12:36PM
OTOH I still think that Google and FB should be able to censor whoever they want, it is impossible for them to get regulated without law enforcement taking over the whole infrastructure. The only regulation I would like to see would be for them to stop using propaganda terms.
Google is not a search engine, it is a search bubble manufacturer. Facebook is not a social site but a news bubble manufacturer. And let's not get into Federal reserve...
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