15-12-2016 22:53 via thedrum.com

Facebook details fake news battle plan

Facebook has outlined its strategy to fight fake news and ensure stories on the platform are “authentic and meaningful” and Facebook itself doesn’t become “[an arbiter] of truth.”
“We believe in giving people a voice…so we’re approaching this problem carefully,” wrote Adam Mosseri, vice president of News Feed, in a blog post. “We’ve focused our efforts on the worst of the worst, on the clear hoaxes spread by spammers for their ow
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