Facebook Finally Gets Real About Fighting Fake News
Facebook Finally Gets Real About Fighting Fake News
Business, Spoken · SpokenLayer
December 20, 20168m 2s
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Show Notes
After coming under heavy public criticism for not taking full responsibility for how it may have affected the outcome of the 2016 presidential election, Facebook has finally laid out how it plans to crack down on fake news. The social network’s corrective updates are starting to roll out right now, and while they won’t solve the problem overnight, they’re an important first step.
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