Μετά από τον κατακλυσμό ψεύτικων ειδήσεων που άρχισε να εμφανίζεται στο Facebook, η εταιρεία ξεκίνησε να εφαρμόζει προληπτικά μέτρα. Η platform uses third-party services, such as Snopes, that check content and use their expertise to combat the spread of misinformation.
"Essentially they used us when they had her crisis,” said Brooke Binkowski, former director of Snopes, a fact-checking website that works with Facebook in two recent 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 biggest 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 begun collaborations with more 40 news agencies, including the Associated Press, Politifact and special fake news pages like Snopes.
Still, Facebook continues to be flooded with false news, causing reactions. Many refer to the slow, sometimes non-existent response of the platform. Others believe the company simply ignores the problem, seeking to better manage how the audience sees them, rather than trying to combat misinformation.
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