The more Facebook has evolved into a digital hub with its own ecosystem of media outlets and publishers, the more it has risked associating itself with misleading, sensationalized and downright factually inaccurate stories. For our latest Digiday Confessions, we talked with two members of the company’s defunct trending-news team to weigh in on Facebook’s fake-news problem. The post ‘A petri dish of bullshit’: Confessions of ex-Facebook news curators appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at 'Digiday'
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Ninety per cent of Canadians say they have fallen for fake news online, with many listing Facebook as the most common source of misleading reports, according to a new international public opinion poll. Continue reading at CBC
[ CBC | 2019-06-11 04:01:00 UTC ]
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Facebook is bringing its political advertising tools and rules to Canada in advance of that country's federal election Oct. 21. Anyone who wants to run ads about social issues, elections or politics in Canada must first confirm their identity and location and disclose who is paying for the ads,... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2019-06-10 21:00:28 UTC ]
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The News Media Alliance today published findings from a new study that analyzes how Google uses and benefits from news. Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2019-06-10 15:10:50 UTC ]
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Peer-to-peer aid groups have become a lifeline for those who can’t cover small expenses. Continue reading at The Atlantic
[ The Atlantic | 2019-06-10 12:36:21 UTC ]
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A New York man who fled to Ecuador after allegedly trying to defraud Mark Zuckerberg will not be extradited to the US, Reuters reports. Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2019-06-10 12:05:00 UTC ]
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Facebook is rolling out its Canadian political ad registry today with a low-tech twist — a bid to prevent people based outside of Canada from running ads in the upcoming federal election. Continue reading at CBC
[ CBC | 2019-06-10 08:00:00 UTC ]
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Social network agrees to meet activists to consider 'going back to drawing board' on its nudity policy. Continue reading at Stuff
[ Stuff | 2019-06-10 07:31:57 UTC ]
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Journalists create the content, and big tech companies are profiting off it, according to a new analysis. “We need to share the revenue,” a news publisher says. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2019-06-10 04:21:34 UTC ]
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Facebook reportedly bans Huawei from installing its apps, including Instagram and WhatsApp, on new phones. Continue reading at Wired
[ Wired | 2019-06-07 19:07:09 UTC ]
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Facebook is urging a judge in Washington, D.C. to halt proceedings in a lawsuit brought by the attorney general Karl Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2019-06-07 15:14:55 UTC ]
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The block on pre-installed apps on Huawei smartphones will also apply to Instagram and Whatsapp. Continue reading at BBC News
[ BBC News | 2019-06-07 11:40:07 UTC ]
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They should be seen as communications infrastructure, and be made to serve the public interest. Continue reading at Slate
[ Slate | 2019-06-07 01:34:58 UTC ]
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News director named on a warrant by the AFP but at least that redirected staff anger for a day. Plus: News Corp exodusWhen the Australian federal police swept into Ultimo with a search warrant for ABC news on Wednesday it was a mixed blessing for news director Gaven Morris.Morris’s name was on... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2019-06-07 01:26:26 UTC ]
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Entertainment Monthly Meredith Corp. announced Thursday a "reimagining" of its 29 year-old magazine Entertainment Weekly, reducing its print edition's frequency to monthly in favor of heavier investment in its online platforms (though it will retain the Entertainment Weekly name) and replacing... Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2019-06-06 18:49:55 UTC ]
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Facebook knew as early as 2018 that its platform was being used to incite division and violence, a company official told MPs in Ottawa on Thursday. Continue reading at CBC
[ CBC | 2019-06-06 12:45:00 UTC ]
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WJZ-TV lost almost half of its 5 p.m. news audience in a key demographic during the May sweeps in the wake of a controversial question by anchorwoman Mary Bubala and her subsequent firing, according to figures confirmed by the Nielsen Co. and WJZ. While ratings can be read, analyzed and spun... Continue reading at Baltimore Sun
[ Baltimore Sun | 2019-06-05 09:00:00 UTC ]
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Independent Facebook investors voted overwhelmingly to fire Mark Zuckerberg as chairman and scrap the firm’s share structure. Continue reading at Stuff
[ Stuff | 2019-06-04 21:05:33 UTC ]
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The row over a fake Nancy Pelosi video shows platforms are no longer disruptors, but incumbents, gatekeepers and publishersIn the first three months of 2019, Facebook removed about 2bn fake accounts from its servers. This is roughly equivalent to all the legitimate accounts the company has on... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2019-06-02 13:00:38 UTC ]
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Early Friday, a judge sided with Facebook shareholders who demanded the company hand over emails and records related to its handling of the Cambridge Analytica scandal. Later in the day, the company was denied again in court, as Reuters reports that... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2019-06-01 07:32:00 UTC ]
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Social platform's latest tech can detect non-consensual intimate images before they're reported, but victims won't be alerted. Continue reading at Stuff
[ Stuff | 2019-05-31 23:30:00 UTC ]
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