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LiberalArkie

(15,719 posts) Sat Jul 28, 2018, 08:34 PM Jul 2018

Facebook should be held liable for fake news, say UK politicians

Has the rise of fake news plunged democracy into crisis? Some UK politicians believe it has.

Britain should have more powers to regulate and scrutinize the world's largest tech companies, says a report published Sunday by Parliament's committee investigating fake news.

The report paints a picture in which people's data is being manipulated and voters are being targeted without their knowledge via disinformation and hate campaigns on social media that are designed to skew the results of elections and referenda.

In particular, the report calls out Facebook for its contribution to the spread of fake news and centres its recommendations around getting social media companies to take greater responsibility for "misleading and harmful content" on their sites.

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https://www.cnet.com/news/facebook-should-be-held-liable-for-fake-news-say-uk-politicians/

Comment: Ok as long as they do it to National Enquirer and all the other trash papers on the news stands. They are what started fake news.

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Facebook should be held liable for fake news, say UK politicians (Original Post) LiberalArkie Jul 2018 OP

I get it. But people that are so stupid as to believe anything on FB are Hoyt Jul 2018 #1

same thing goes for twitter nt msongs Jul 2018 #2

So should Fox "news" cpamomfromtexas Jul 2018 #3

So should politicians. edbermac Jul 2018 #4

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)

1. I get it. But people that are so stupid as to believe anything on FB are

Reply to LiberalArkie (Original post)

Sat Jul 28, 2018, 09:06 PM

Jul 2018

the problem. And, if we are talking about believing lies favorable to trump, odds are those same people would have voted for him anyway, with or without the lies and distortions.