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Re: Facebook says Pages that regularly share false news won’t be able to buy ads

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Post by xienze »

thatonechad wrote: post #20

false news according to "fact checkers" are not 100% accurate and depends on the statement in which they are checking. you can see this by the careful choice of words in which something may be claim to be true or false when all actuality its more complex than that. it is weird why facebook would be getting into the realm of censoring things at all.

> it is weird why facebook would be getting into the realm of censoring things at all.

Not really. The entire Valley is beside themselves over Trump being elected and Twitter, Facebook, etc. feel partially responsible because Trump and his supporters were able to use the platforms to their advantage. To be outplayed by Republicans through the use of technology was previously thought impossible, so they're going to "fix the glitch" that made such tactics possible.

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Post by zorked »

znpy wrote: post #16

instant question: which entity decides and how does such entity decide what news is true news ?

The phenomenon we're talking about here isn't one that causes profound ontological and ethical questions. We're talking about simple, obvious bullshit.

Re: Facebook says Pages that regularly share false news won’t be able to buy ads

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Post by aaron-lebo »

kumarvvr wrote: post #18

It is unfortunate that platforms like Facebook have become the beacons of pessimism. I am talking in the context of the usage of social media tools to harm society, rather than help it. For me, FB, TW, etc have become unreliable sources of news. Here, FB is trying to limit ads from pages that share false news, but who will decide that?? 1. FB - Leads to a dangerous slippery slope of putting too much power into a sing…

The lying isn't new, none of the dynamics are new, it's just the sheer velocity it all happens at. You lie about something 100 years ago and the press talks about that lie for weeks or months because information moves so slowly. You lie today and there's another tweet to cover in an hour and people forget about it (like you said).

The funny thing is Zuckerberg has repeatedly used the line that "Facebook isn't a media company" which is either delusional and naive or Littlefinger doublespeak.

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Post by ceejayoz »

StephenMelon wrote: post #27
ceejayoz wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They played with flagging satirical articles back in 2014: http://mashable.com/2014/08/17/facebook-satire-tag/

I see a lot of comments on satire links that clearly demonstrate that large numbers of people can’t always spot satire. That possibly says more about the current cultural and political climate than it does about people’s gullibility though.

As an example: a sitting Congressman thought The Onion's "Planned Parenthood Opens $8 Billion Abortionplex" was a believable headline. https://www.yahoo.com/news/blogs/sideshow/congressman-though...

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Post by almonj »

znpy wrote: post #16

instant question: which entity decides and how does such entity decide what news is true news ?

This is a non-issue, friend. Fake news is any news that goes against our benevolent allies at Google, the SPLC, the ADL.. basically groups that never have any bias or self-interest. We can let great guys like Mark Zuckerberg oversee which information we need to know on all levels. We are in good hands!

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Post by samfpetersen »

kumarvvr wrote: post #18

It is unfortunate that platforms like Facebook have become the beacons of pessimism. I am talking in the context of the usage of social media tools to harm society, rather than help it. For me, FB, TW, etc have become unreliable sources of news. Here, FB is trying to limit ads from pages that share false news, but who will decide that?? 1. FB - Leads to a dangerous slippery slope of putting too much power into a sing…

Oceania was at war with Eastasia, Oceania had always been at war with Eastasia.

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Post by pavel_lishin »

StephenMelon wrote: post #27
ceejayoz wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They played with flagging satirical articles back in 2014: http://mashable.com/2014/08/17/facebook-satire-tag/

I see a lot of comments on satire links that clearly demonstrate that large numbers of people can’t always spot satire. That possibly says more about the current cultural and political climate than it does about people’s gullibility though.

> current

I don't think the current situation is all that different from 2005, when Poe's Law was coined.

Re: Facebook says Pages that regularly share false news won’t be able to buy ads

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Post by Retric »

briholt wrote: post #28
kumarvvr wrote: post #18

It is unfortunate that platforms like Facebook have become the beacons of pessimism. I am talking in the context of the usage of social media tools to harm society, rather than help it. For me, FB, TW, etc have become unreliable sources of news. Here, FB is trying to limit ads from pages that share false news, but who will decide that?? 1. FB - Leads to a dangerous slippery slope of putting too much power into a sing…

"Fake news" appears to be "news I don't like" and has no correlation with the accuracy of the content. Conveniently, Facebook seems to agree with many major media outlets about what news they don't like, so they can present their arbitrary definition of "fake" as objective and conveniently no one can break through the bubble to prove otherwise.

Some groups flat out make up news stories to fit some narrative. What else are you going to call that than 'fake news'?

'Candidate X comes out as gay.' 'Secret photos reveal candidate X at KKK lynching.' Are both rather over the top, but also the kind of lies that influence elections.

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