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"The European Commission has received initial reports by Google, Facebook and Twitter on their efforts to fight fake news and offered the trio a pat on the back and an exhortation to work harder — or else." forbes.com/sites/jillgoldsmith/2019/01/29/eu-prods-facebook-google-twitter-in-fight-against-fake-news/
The three Internet giants along with browser company Mozilla and trade associations representing the advertising industry signed a Code of Practice on Disinformation last fall agreeing to take measures against fake news as a crucial European election cycle gets underway.
"There has been some progress, notably in removing fake accounts and limiting the visibility of sites that promote disinformation. However, additional action is needed to ensure full transparency of political ads by the start of the campaign for the European elections in all EU Member States," the organization said in a statement.
Monthly reports will follow from February through May. In a year, at the end of 2019, the Commission will conduct a comprehensive assessment and "should the results prove unsatisfactory ... may propose further actions, including of a regulatory nature."
(Score: 2) by Thexalon on Sunday February 03 2019, @06:09PM (1 child)
Part of the problem is that there are shadings of gray in the gray zone. Some examples of this:
1. We see this thing happen on video. The context might be misunderstood, but there's no question the thing on video happened.
2. A reporter dug into an issue and talked to a lot of sources in a position to know about the issue. Those sources lie to the reporter as part of a planned leak to the press to accomplish some political purpose. The reporter reports what they learned in good faith.
3. Something happened, but the reporter or their news organization doesn't like the implications of that thing happening so they make up context that makes it seem like the thing that happened didn't happen the way it sure looks like it happened.
4. They have video of people genuinely saying things that they said, but it's spliced and edited to make them seem like they're saying something completely different.
5. Lies of omission, where something important that was seen on video or well-documented is completely ignored because it doesn't fit the preferred story.
Treating #1 identically to #4 is going to lead to problems.
The only thing that stops a bad guy with a compiler is a good guy with a compiler.
(Score: 2) by isostatic on Sunday February 03 2019, @06:45PM
1. We see this thing happen on video. The context might be misunderstood, but there's no question the thing on video happened.
Nope
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmUC4m6w1wo [youtube.com]