irishmirror : Ryanair warns of Facebook scam of fake offer for free tickets

Ryanair warns of Facebook scam of fake offer for free tickets

Ryanair has warned customers of an online scam that is targeting Facebook users.In a post across its social media accounts, the airline pointed out that a supposed 'offer' of two free Ryanair tickets for the company's 35th anniversary was not all it seemed.The Facebook link is posted with an image of a fake boarding pass, with the logo of Ryanair included.

Facebook fires human editors, algorithm immediately posts fake news

Earlier this year, Facebook denied criticisms that its Trending feature was surfacing news stories that were biased against conservatives.But in an abrupt reversal, the company fired all the human editors for Trending on Friday afternoon, replacing them with an algorithm that promotes stories based entirely on what Facebook users are talking about.Within 72 hours, according to the Washington Post, the top story on Trending was about how Fox News icon Megyn Kelly was a pro-Clinton "traitor" who had been fired (she wasn't).

Three days after removing human editors, Facebook is already trending fake news

Moderator Megyn Kelly waits for the start of the Republican presidential primary debate in Des Moines.(Chris Carlson/AP)Facebook announced Friday that humans would no longer write descriptions for its Trending topics list, handing over even more responsibility to the already-powerful algorithm.But just days after the policy change, Facebook's algorithm chose a very bad, factually incorrect headline to explain to its news-hungry users why Megyn Kelly was trending.