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A Closer Look at Facebook’s Fake-News Fixes
Curated:
17/12/2016 from
theringer.com/facebook-mark-zuckerberg-fake-news-b067aa75399
my notes ( ? )
Here’s a look at the challenges facing each of Zuckerberg’s specific ideas...
The technology to identify blatantly false news exists — the real question is what Facebook will choose to do with the content it categorizes as “misinformation.”...
Relying on third-party fact checkers could lessen scrutiny on Facebook’s verification process and give the company another scapegoat...
"labeling stories that have been flagged as false"... creates a lot of friction in the user experience, and ... fly in the face of the company’s business interests...
explicitly ban fake news sites from placing ads ... is a nice-sounding gesture that won’t actually do much... Any solution must center on the way News Feed ranks stories...
“Fake news” isn’t a glitch in the system, but rather the Like economy working at peak efficiency.
The technology to identify blatantly false news exists — the real question is what Facebook will choose to do with the content it categorizes as “misinformation.”...
Relying on third-party fact checkers could lessen scrutiny on Facebook’s verification process and give the company another scapegoat...
"labeling stories that have been flagged as false"... creates a lot of friction in the user experience, and ... fly in the face of the company’s business interests...
explicitly ban fake news sites from placing ads ... is a nice-sounding gesture that won’t actually do much... Any solution must center on the way News Feed ranks stories...
“Fake news” isn’t a glitch in the system, but rather the Like economy working at peak efficiency.
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