Barack Obama: fake news creates ‘problems’ for US politics if distinctions are not made

President Barack Obama has offered his piece on the uncovering of fake news on Facebook and other social media suggesting that the lack of distinction between serious arguments and propaganda on these platforms creates “problems” for US politics.
The topic has been hotly debated since the surprise election of Donald Trump as president-elect, which some observers have suggested was affected by the circulation of fake news on social media in the run-up to the vote.
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