23-11-2016 23:15 via feedproxy.google.com

What to do about Facebook’s stranglehold on news

GUEST: Facebook and, to a lesser extent, Google, have entirely too much control over the news most people see. Good thing Facebook and Google are cracking down on “fake news sites,” right? After all, Fake News on Facebook changed the election results (maybe).
One of the more damning stats about fake news on Facebook came from the increased engagement of “fake news” compared to “real news” in the time approaching the U.S. presidential election. Ironically, this
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