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Facebook is patenting a tool that could help automate removal of fake news - The Verge

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Curated: 11/12/2016 from www.theverge.com/2016/12/7/13868650/facebook-fake-news-patent-tool-machine-learning-content
Facebook is patenting a tool that could help automate removal of fake news - The Verge

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Facebook’s application for Patent 0350675: “systems and methods to identify objectionable content.” ... filed in June 2015, describes a sophisticated system for identifying inappropriate text and images and removing them from the network... improve the detection of pornography, hate speech, and bullying... much easier to identify than false news stories.
There are financial incentives for the company’s caution... Making editorial judgment calls in the News Feed risks alienating users across the ideological spectrum, even if Facebook did it effectively.

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