steven36 Posted February 4, 2017 Share Posted February 4, 2017 The 2016 U.S. Presidential election cycle won’t be soon forgotten. It shattered old conventions and introduced a completely new way of running a campaign, including fake news. No doubt some of that content was generated for political purposes. But, for better worse, some fake news was created simply for profit. For social media giants Facebook (NASDAQ:FB) and Google (NASDAQ:GOOGL), this new trend represents a challenge that can greatly affect the monetization of their platforms. If the billions of consumers and businesses that use these two brands can’t rely on the information they are accessing, advertisers may drop support for these channels. On the other hand, could small content creators face backlash whether their content is truly fake news or simply viewed that way by these digital behemoths? Facebook and Google Will Crack Down on Fake News Facebook has just announced a new initiative to identify authentic content because, as the company puts it, stories that are authentic resonate more with its community. During the election, the social media giant was criticized for doing very little to combat fake news. Instead, Facebook tried to outsource the task of identifying this content to third parties including five fact checking organizations: the Associated Press, ABC news, Factcheck.org, Snopes and PolitiFact. However, the new update ranks authentic content by incorporating new signals to better identify what is true or false. These signals are delivered in real-time when a post is relevant to a particular user. The signals are determined by analyzing overall engagement on pages to identify spam as well as posts that specifically ask for likes, comments or shares — since these might indicate an effort to spread questionable content. As for Google, the tech company released its 2017 Bad Ads report. Google says the report plays an important role in making sure users have access to accurate and quality information online. Still, the report addresses only ads thus far. Google warns more broadly that the sustainability of the web could be threatened if users cannot rely on the information they find there. https://smallbiztrends.com/2017/02/facebook-and-google-will-crack-down-on-fake-news.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator DKT27 Posted February 4, 2017 Administrator Share Posted February 4, 2017 Most news these days are more of an politically motivated opinion rather than actual news. But still, if some of it does not give correct information then it needs to be corrected I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steven36 Posted February 4, 2017 Author Share Posted February 4, 2017 52 minutes ago, DKT27 said: Most news these days are more of an politically motivated opinion rather than actual news. But still, if some of it does not give correct information then it needs to be corrected I think. Most news is profitably motivated and itt dont matter what kind of news it is , somebody can say something true are not and a 100 ad ridden sites will swarm on it . Google and Facebook are worried the advertisers are going stop paying them ..Google makes ads if everyone just goes back too watching the news on TV and reading the newspaper like it use too be in my lifetime.. Google will lose its contracts without ads the free internet cant exist. i done got were i dont believe nothing i see on the internet i just watch the Fox nighty news and what i see on the net i dont know too believe it or not. The problem is there's a lot of news that's not. true Google deletes tons of pages of news from there news page already Sites like this one try too show whats true and not true. http://www.snopes.com/ Me my self i just go do something else and try not too obsess over it , if all is posted is fake news or if were not sure if its real or not then they lose page views There's even fake news about fake news .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator DKT27 Posted February 4, 2017 Administrator Share Posted February 4, 2017 Always remember to do this. Read the full article from the source which writes it all - headlines are purposely written to suit the needs of the target audience and the news site's own agenda. The second is, try to read comments on non-biased sites if possible to do so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtmulc Posted February 6, 2017 Share Posted February 6, 2017 On 2/4/2017 at 2:51 AM, DKT27 said: try to read comments on non-biased sites if possible to do so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rasbridge Posted February 6, 2017 Share Posted February 6, 2017 Quote http://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/02/05/report-facebook-fake-news-censor-correctiv-funded-soros-staffed-establishment/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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