After the deluge of fakes news που άρχισε να εμφανίζεται στο Facebook, η εταιρεία ξεκίνησε να εφαρμόζει προληπτικά μέτρα. Η platform χρησιμοποιεί διαμεσολαβητικές υπηρεσίες, όπως τη Snopes, που ελέγχουν το περιεχόμενο και χρησιμοποιούν την τεχνογνωσία τους για να καταπολεμήσει την εξάπλωση της παραπληροφόρησης.
"They actually used us when they had the crisis," said Brooke Binkowski, a former director of Snopes, a fact-finding website that has worked with Facebook for the past two years.
"They do not take anything seriously. "They are more interested in looking good in order to keep making money. It is clear that they do not care." Reported in the Guardian. Of course, the largest social network, refused claims.
Brooke Binkowski said at least once, Facebook encouraged auditors to prioritize the removal of information that hurt their advertisers.
Facebook began collaborating with news agencies after the presidential election of 2016, an election that made the term fake news part of the world's vocabulary.
To combat the new fashion, Facebook has partnered with more than 40 news organizations, such as associated press, Politifact but also special fake news detection pages such as Snopes.
Nevertheless, Facebook continues to be flooded with fake news, causing reactions. Πολλοί επικαλούνται την αργή, και καμιά φορά ανύπαρκτη αντίδραση της πλατφόρμας. Άλλοι πιστεύουν ότι η εταιρεία απλά αγνοεί το πρόβλημα, επιδιώκοντας να διαχειριστεί better how the public sees them, rather than trying to combat misinformation.
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