Bloomberg tech journalist absolves Facebook of Trump blame

A tech journalist at Bloomberg has spoken out in defence of social network Facebook amid accusations that its role in propagating so-called ‘fake news’ to its members was a crucial factor behind the elevation of Donald Trump as US president.
Asked by Recode whether Facebook’s belated crackdown on the medium, when it finally moved to quash fake news stories last month by tweaking its trending feature to punish demonstrably false or misleading material, Stone expressed sympathy f