From: Xiaotian Chen <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2016 23:15:39 -0600

It is more of citizens' fault than Facebook's. Facebook can't stop
friends forwarding fake news to friends. It says more about our state
of education than anything else.

Xiaotian Chen
Electronic Services Librarian / Associate Professor
Editor DOAJ (www.doaj.org)
Bradley University, Peoria, Illinois, USA.  1-309-677-2839
http://hilltop.bradley.edu/~chen/



On Wed, Nov 23, 2016 at 6:08 PM, LIBLICENSE <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> From: Ann Shumelda Okerson <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2016 18:00:03 -0500
>
> Of possible interest:
>
> Facing relentless criticism for failing to curb “fake” news, Facebook
> CEO Mark Zuckerberg is calling for patience and understanding.
>
> “We take misinformation seriously,” Zuckerberg writes in a new blog
> post. “We've made significant progress, but there is more work to be
> done.”
>
> "The young mogul said Facebook has historically relied on its
> community of users to point out inaccurate news content, but admitted
> that the task has become increasingly “complex, both technically and
> philosophically.”
>
> http://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/289548/facebook-attempts-to-combat-fake-news.html?mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiTWpOak1tWXhaRGhtTmpBNSIsInQiOiI3QzdyUW5nUlB0UzYrcTBQYzNMN2pKXC9pR3Vrc250VzRGaks4bHh6QWphZTV1STYybUE2Zm5DU0VOVnRMQktwZVI4NWJaTm1Zem9USHV6WEZseXROcm1vbG05NEhqY09SQWI0SnREUWtZcEU9In0%3D