Sentences with phrase «sharing false news»

If a Page stops sharing false news though, they may be eligible to start running ads again.

Over the past few months, we have taken action against fake accounts in France, Germany, and other countries, and we recently stated that we will no longer allow Pages that repeatedly share false news to advertise on Facebook.

Not exact matches

The company saw its share price plummet to an all - time low last week before experiencing a rebound, apparently triggered by a false rumor about a tie - up with News Corp..

Facebook's move does not target false news reports shared by users in their own feeds, according to Reuters.

«By removing the ability to customize link metadata (i.e. headline, description, image) from all link sharing entry points on Facebook, we are eliminating a channel that has been abused to post false news,» explains Matthew Robertson in a post on the Facebook Developers Blog.

In other words, Facebook and Google can make it harder to share (or make money from) false news reports or propaganda.

known false news stories that appeared in the three months before the election, those favoring Trump were shared a total of 30 million times on Facebook, while those favoring Clinton were shared eight million times;

«False news is more novel, and people are more likely to share novel information,» says Aral, who is the David Austin Professor of Management.

I hesitated to share this news publicly, because I am wary of sowing false hope for other women: Most miscarriages really are miscarriages.

Also, just wanted to share news that a very prominent Supplement marketer just got fined 5.5 million for making false claims.

Many of the deliberately misleading or outright false news stories on Facebook are shared among regular users, and they often come from residents of the United States.

Almost two billion people use the social media site where friends and family share and nurture similar beliefs and false news snowballs.

However, on Tuesday, Facebook announced a new site feature that aims to counteract the network's proclivity for widely shared, but demonstrably false, news stories.

Even high profile journalists and news stations have been known to post or share stories that turned out to be false in the end.