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Google to Ban Fake News

posted by n1 on Saturday November 19 2016, @11:52PM   Printer-friendly
from the so-when-does-real-news-become-fake-news dept.

Gaaark writes:

Earlier this week Google announced that its advertising tools will soon be closed to websites that promote fake news, a policy that could cut off revenue streams for publications that peddle hoaxes on platforms like Facebook.

The Verge reports:

The decision comes at a critical time for the tech industry, whose key players have come under fire for not taking neccesary steps to prevent fake news from proliferating across the web during the 2016 US election. It's thought that, given the viral aspects of fake news, social networks and search engines were gamed by partisan bad actors intending to influence the outcome of the race.

What constitutes 'fake' news?
Who decides what is 'fake'?
Who is a 'partisan bad actor'?

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  • (Score: 1) by khallow on Sunday November 20 2016, @07:50AM

    by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Sunday November 20 2016, @07:50AM (#429844) Journal
    I'll believe it when I see it. There's been a lot of blowhards prophesying the end of various political factions and the major parties. Hasn't happened yet. After Dubya left and subsequent political trouncing in the beginning of 2009, the Republicans were licking their wounds. Yet here we are a mere eight years later with a total reversal of that situation.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday November 20 2016, @08:00AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday November 20 2016, @08:00AM (#429846)

    This isn't about Republicans per se, but the strident PC aspects of the left.

    The Republicans can lose everything tomorrow and it won't matter to the people who are sick to death of the left. They know now they have the political clout to even get Trump elected, and that is the death knell of PC culture.

    • (Score: 1) by khallow on Sunday November 20 2016, @04:04PM

      by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Sunday November 20 2016, @04:04PM (#429931) Journal

      The Republicans can lose everything tomorrow and it won't matter to the people who are sick to death of the left. They know now they have the political clout to even get Trump elected, and that is the death knell of PC culture.

      Well, the other side might not go gently into that dear night. And they have a stronghold in academia which probably isn't going away any decade soon.