Mark Zuckerberg Shares Facebook's Plan to Crack Down on Fake News
Zuckerberg's latest comments come as Facebook as been criticized for its handling of fake news that ran rampant during the election.After criticism that Facebook's fake news spread may have influenced election results, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg recently outlined the company's improved steps to filter out "misinformation."Zuckerberg's Facebook post Friday night (Nov. 18) explained that although the "percentage of misinformation is relatively small" the company plans to create better technical systems to detect what people will flag as false before they do it themselves" which would also improve the types of stories under the related articles section under links in News Feed.
Facebook's Problem Is More Complicated Than Fake News
The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research.In the wake of Donald Trump's unexpected victory, many questions have been raised about Facebook's role in the promotion of inaccurate and highly partisan information during the presidential race and whether this fake news influenced the election's outcome.A few have downplayed Facebook's impact, including CEO Mark Zuckerberg, who said that it is "extremely unlikely" that fake news could have swayed the election.
These College Students Created a Fix for Facebook's Fake News Problem
Fake news has been a critical issue across social media, but especially on Facebook, considering the site reaches more than a quarter of the world's population.Over the course of our recent election, and around the globe, there has been concern that misleading or deliberately inaccurate stories are shaping public minds.Many have pushed Facebook to exercise editorial discretion in flagging the falsified disseminated via their platform, and a group of college students revealed how easy that effort could be.
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