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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: 3, Interesting) by Aegis on Friday September 14 2018, @09:31PM (1 child)

    by Aegis (6714) on Friday September 14 2018, @09:31PM (#735078)

    "oppo research" is NOT a permissible legal services expense.

    A statement for which the only reference is in the opinion section of Fox News.

    The FEC is aware of this allegation but isn't taking any action. [fec.gov]
    And that's Trump's FEC, if there was something there I'm pretty sure they'd be on it...

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  • (Score: 3, Touché) by jmorris on Saturday September 15 2018, @01:16AM

    by jmorris (4844) on Saturday September 15 2018, @01:16AM (#735176)

    Are you really unable to think and reason for yourself? Do you need everything spoonfed from an approved source? Can you read?

    Campaign finance laws are not a new thing. You can't file your reports saying you spent the money on thing A and really A tunneled the money into B. Oppo research is a thing, and normally (if one isn't colluding with both British and Russian Intelligence agencies) quite legal. But you have to actually account the money as spent on that. Legal fees are also quite normal and legal. What is neither normal or legal is funneling money declared as one into the other and then declaring atty client priv to avoid having to reveal any of it. If that were actually legal every campaign would show one line item on their disclosure forms, legal fees. Try thinking, you might grow to enjoy it. After a few years of swallowing some really bitter red pills of course, waking up and beginning your journey to the Right.