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Facebook Will Fact Check Images and Videos

posted by martyb on Friday September 14 2018, @01:40AM   Printer-friendly
from the positing-parody-posts-perplexify-perusers dept.

takyon writes:

After Russia was accused of using memes and viral images to influence elections, Facebook will now fact-check pictures and videos

Facebook will start fact-checking images and videos, the company said Thursday, expanding its review efforts to posts that are traditionally harder to monitor.

"People share millions of photos and videos on Facebook every day. We know that this kind of sharing is particularly compelling because it's visual. That said, it also creates an easy opportunity for manipulation by bad actors," Facebook said in a blog post.

Edited photos and strong visuals were common among the posts by Russian agents attempting to interfere with the 2016 U.S. presidential election and other global elections, according to examples released by members of Congress.

Meme Review! Meme Police!

Also at Engadget, The Washington Post, and MarketWatch.

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  • (Score: 2) by Aegis on Friday September 14 2018, @09:11PM (1 child)

    by Aegis (6714) on Friday September 14 2018, @09:11PM (#735063)

    We barely have any campaign finance regulations in this country and Israel manages to comply with them.
    SuperPACS, lobbyists of all stripes are shady as hell but legal.

    Russia doesn't. Trump people, don't. They're breaking those laws.

    It's really as simple as that.

    We need stronger laws in addition to enforcing the ones we have. But, that's just evil job-killing regulation to most the folks on here..

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  • (Score: 2) by Arik on Saturday September 15 2018, @05:11AM

    by Arik (4543) on Saturday September 15 2018, @05:11AM (#735211) Journal
    "It's really as simple as that."

    It really isn't, though. There's a tremendous double standard there. The chattering classes are absolutely aghast at just hints of improprieties involving the Russians. If they involve the Israelis, or the "Five Eyes" then nah, it doesn't raise any outrage, the laws simply aren't enforced; even the ones concerning nukes. RT is registered under FARA - AIPAC is not. The inconsistency in application is glaring.
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