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London, United Kingdom (AFP) — Technology firms must up their game in tackling “fake news”, Apple chief executive Tim Cook said Saturday, calling for a major public information campaign. “All of us technology companies need to create some tools that help diminish the volume of fake news,” the US tech giant boss told the Daily Telegraph in an interview. “We must try to squeeze this without stepping on freedom of speech and of the press, […]
By Rowena dela Fuente-Deimoy Eagle News Service (Eagle News) – The Australian ambassador to the Philippines has expressed alarm over the spread of fake news in social media. In an Interview with NET 25’s “Liwanagin Natin,” Ambassador Gorely said fake news is a destructive phenomenon especially as it has significant implications affecting everybody. Ambassador Gorely advised social media users to always question the veracity of the information that they read or see in […]
SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) — Under pressure to stymie the spread of fake news, Facebook on Wednesday modified its system for showing trending topics. The leading social network said that instead of simply showing a topic, it will include headlines from articles about the trending subjects along with sources publishing those stories. “This was the most requested feature addition since the last update we made,” product management vice president Will Cathcart said in a […]
CALIFORNIA, United States (AFP) — Facebook Inc said on Thursday (December 15) it will introduce tools to prevent fake news stories from spreading on its platform, an about-face in response to rising criticism that it did not do enough to combat the problem during the lead-up to the U.S. presidential election. The social network company has faced controversies throughout the year that involve its monitoring and policing of content produced by its 1.8 billion users. […]
SAN FRACISCO, United States (AFP) — Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg on Thursday rejected the idea that bogus stories shared at the social network paved a path of victory for President-elect Donald Trump. “The idea that fake news on Facebook, which is a very small amount of the content, influenced the election in any way I think is a pretty crazy idea,” Zuckerberg said during an on-stage chat at a Technonomy technology trends conference in California. […]
