How to solve Facebook's fake news problem: experts pitch their ideas
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/nov/29/facebook-fake-news-problem-experts-pitch-ideas-algorithms
Facebook are now trying to get rid of fake news that is being posted on their social media website so that people do not get the wrong idea of what is going on in society which could change their ideology and impact them in a negative way.
- “The biggest challenge is who wants to be the arbiter of truth and what truth is,” said Claire Wardle, research director for the Tow Center for Digital Journalism at Columbia University. “The way that people receive information now is increasingly via social networks, so any solution that anybody comes up with, the social networks have to be on board.”
I believe that this is indeed a good idea as this has become a problem in the last couple of months especially during the US election. People need to be informed with the right information
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