Not
“We think it’ll help [minimize] cases where maybe one specific story goes viral even if there might not be something real going on in the world about that story.” Facebook will “stop pulling in trending topics that surface based off a single news report” in an effort to slow the spread of fake news.
+ Google has banned 200 publishers since it passed a new policy against fake news.
+ According to a Fox News poll, “84% of Americans are worried fake news is hurting the country. But 79% are confident they can identify fake news.” I study news all day, and at this point, I’m not even sure the poll is real.
+ Related: No, the organizers of the women’s march are not connected to terrorist organizations. Obama did not pat Melania on the butt. And “a story shared on social media that claims a Boston man lost his testicles in an explosion while trying to fill a scuba tank with marijuana smoke is false.”
