According to the company, Facebook needs to protect its users from scammers and other
kind of fake news.
Thus, moderation is key when preventing
this kind of fake news interfering.
Not exact matches
«
Fake news has been a really extraordinary story, and it turns out it's the
kind of story Craig has been
kind of preparing for for some time — maybe his whole life,» Smith said.
If Facebook and Google crack down on «
fake news» sites, the Microsoft researcher argues, those who have an interest in generating that
kind of content will find ways around the restrictions, as many already have by using visual «memes» instead
of links to
news stories.
The worst
kinds of false
news aren't even the most obvious
kinds — the clear
fakes or ridiculous assertions — the Microsoft researcher and former fellow at Harvard's Berkman Center says:
The risks
of this
kind of private control over speech are obvious when it comes to things like filter bubbles or the role that «
fake news» plays in political movements.
There are all
kinds of issues with some overreaction in Europe around
fake news and hate speech that is definitely going in the direction
of being counterproductive,» she said.
Fox
News is carefully choosing the stories to cover, and the kinds of words it uses to cover those stories, to shape an alternate reality in which Trump's alleged affair with a porn star is yet another piece of fake n
News is carefully choosing the stories to cover, and the
kinds of words it uses to cover those stories, to shape an alternate reality in which Trump's alleged affair with a porn star is yet another piece
of fake newsnews.
As daily
news moves past the election, the
fake news machine isn't likely to shut down; it will just look for new
kinds of attention - grabbing headlines.
This
kind of news isn't necessarily
fake, but I tell students that in an argument, any argument, if we want to be respected for sophistication, we must find ways to gather evidence through true data, not biased opinions.
To that end, Facebook profited off the spread
of news that it knew was
fake and off advertising that profiled people in malicious ways, and Congress should push Facebook to explain how it justifies this
kind of activity.
In the future, Zuckerberg said, Facebook should share «the prevalence»
of different
kinds of bad posts:
fake news, hate speech, bullying, and terrorism - related content.
To that end, Facebook offers guidelines on the
kind of content publishers should and shouldn't post, although the social media giant's efforts to shake up the
News Feed can sometimes inadvertently lead to a further spread of fake n
News Feed can sometimes inadvertently lead to a further spread
of fake newsnews.
We're not in the business
of writing regularly about «
fake»
news, but it's hard not to be concerned about the
kind of mimicry technology is making possible.