Mark Zuckerberg outlines Facebook’s plans to tackle fake news
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has outlined the social network’s plans to tackle the issue of fake news circulated via the site, after accusations it had an influence on the US election outcome.
Zuckerberg: fake news is “complex, both technically and philosophically”
In a Facebook post Zuckerberg outlined a number of initiatives it is working on including trying to stop fake news sites making money from the site and potentially warnings for stories flagged as false by users.
The world’s largest social network has come in for criticism after headlines such as the Pope endorsing Donald Trump and Hilary Clinton selling weapons to Isis were widely circulated. A study by Statista showed the reach of those fake stories:
Well good luck with that but anyone who has had any experience with trying to report racist, death threats and child abuse posts on Facebook will know their so-called ‘controls’ are a sham. And what are they going to do about so-called trusted ‘news’ disseminators like Wikileaks which was publishing on Facebook the complete balderdash about the Podesta brothers being in a ‘Satanic cult’ even on the election day. Zuckerberg and Facebook directors (and the same goes for Google, Youtube etc) should just get rid of their sham tax arrangements and pay their fair share to various governments. Once their monopoly on publishing is removed and they have to compete in the real world of media they might just become a bit more ethical.
If only he’d thought about this a couple of months ago.