Facebook's outward dismissal on Saturday of concerns
about fake news also runs counter to a Gizmodo report today that a high - level internal debate over fake news has been going on at the company since May.
Not exact matches
Earlier in February, a top aide of Macron's
also accused Russia of hacking attempts and spreading
fake information
about him in Kremlin - backed
news outlets.
Besides the privacy scandal, Facebook
also has been dealing with
fake news, the use of Facebook to spread hate and discord and concerns
about social media's effect on people's mental well - being.
Brands are
also worried
about their ads showing up in what is perceived as «
fake news,» so they are exercising more caution when using programmatic advertising, where they automatically buy digital ad spots through a third party.
And it might
also help mitigate some of the criticism the company has been getting
about the rise of «
fake news» on the network.
McCue says that using human editors (as Apple (aapl)
also does for its curated
news feature), makes Flipboard much less susceptible to the «
fake news» problem that some users have complained
about on Facebook (fb).
The DCMS committee's enquiry began last year as a probe into «
fake news» but has snowballed in scope as the scale of concern around political disinformation has
also mounted — including, most recently, fresh information being exposed by journalists
about the scale of the misuse of Facebook data for political targeting purposes.
He says Facebook will look for new ways to stop the spread of
fake news, but he
also argues that «we must proceed very carefully» and that Facebook must be «extremely cautious
about becoming arbiters of truth ourselves.»
When you use the term
fake news, does it only apply to stories where the facts are wrong or does it
also apply to how
news outlets make editorial decisions
about what they choose to report?
Most Americans (65 %), on the other hand, say that «
fake news»
also applies to how
news outlets make editorial decisions
about what they choose to report.
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Adds SUNY Fredonia Journalism Prof. Mike Igoe, who like Coppola is
also an attorney and former TV reporter: «Because of the concern
about fake news and other things, some people see this as acceptable and a way of getting back at the media.
It's
also a piece «we can do something
about,» she said, rather than trying to change set beliefs, alter
news habits or complain
about «
fake news.»
Civics can
also teach students «how to get and interpret good information
about what's going on in the world,» a skill especially important in an era where claims of
fake news (and «real»
fake news) surround us.
But I sense that not only are people increasingly concerned
about how much privacy is regularly conceded to use the basic utilities of the information age, how that information is being used, and what the effect is on children's brains, but
also they are concerned
about malvertising and
fake news and the effect they have had in the estates of the realm.
LawSites» January 18, 2017, blog post, «
Fake Lawyer Blogs Repost My Post
About Their
Fake Lawyer Blogs,» by Robert Ambrogi is hilarious and worthy of a [TED Talk funny man] James Veitch award — and
also certainly deserving of a Chuck Shephard
News of the Weird entry.
He says Facebook will look for new ways to stop the spread of
fake news, but he
also argues that «we must proceed very carefully» and that Facebook must be «extremely cautious
about becoming arbiters of truth ourselves.»
The documents
also raise new questions
about Facebook, which is already grappling with intense criticism over the spread of Russian propaganda and
fake news.
«We
also hope that people reading
about this actually purchase the game, play it and form their own opinions
about surveillance, privacy and
fake news,» Metcalf said.
Assange, who was approached by the Cambridge Analytica CEO
about Hillary Clinton's missing emails in 2016,
also tweeted at the committee, offering to give evidence to the
fake news inquiry.
Besides the privacy scandal, Facebook
also has been dealing with
fake news, the use of Facebook to spread hate and discord and concerns
about social media's effect on people's mental well - being.
In the third week of May, we had rumors
about AT&T CEO giving away the first iPhone pre-launch in a low - key event based on a video footage, an internal AT&T memo revealing critical information
about the iPhone, then of course probably the unforgettable event of a
fake internal memo claiming «iPhone to be delayed» sending Apple stock plunging,
news of Apple getting FCC approval and
also news that the iPhone will be available exclusively at 2000 Apple & AT&T retail stores on launch.