https://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2017/jan/26/facebook-is-trying-to-tackle-fake-news-but-what-should-we-do
Trump’s adviser, Kellyanne Conway, commented about there being “alternative facts.” But the joke that is Trump, with his own outrageous lies and a team of dissemblers - such as Conway and the White House press secretary Sean Spicer - does have the disturbing effect of legitimising falsehood. Facebook is trying to do something positive to counter the fake news trend. In mid-December it announced that it was testing a system to identify fraudulent news stories.
O 75% of US adults believed fake news headlines they were shown during a Buzzfeed Investigation.
I think that the idea to only trend verified news and banning publishers who continually share fake news is a good step in the right direction especially since Facebook has been accused of being a primary source of fake news. however there are many loopholes especially in the sense that you can make new pages/accounts. It also doesn't stop people actually creating or believing the news so is more of a less practical attempt that it first seems.
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