Category: factchecking

Facebook makes clear that posts by politicians can break ‘normal’ rules

Post author By Randall
Post date September 24, 2019
Categories In Art, av, Facebook, fact checking, factchecking, Gaming, gear, Microsoft, misinformation, nick clegg, nickclegg, Politicians, Politics, services, Tech, tos

[ad_1] Nick Clegg, Facebook’s vice president of global affairs and communications, confirmed the approach to politicians’ posts during a speech Tuesday. He said: “We have a responsibility to protect the platform from outside interference, and to make sure that when people pay us for political ads we make it as transparent as possible. But it […]

Researchers find Twitter is good for amplifying lies

Post author By Randall
Post date May 3, 2019
Categories In context, factchecking, false, gear, headlines, Internet, Media, media matters, misinformation, news outlets, Politics, presidenttrump, study, Tech, Trump, tweets, Twitter

[ad_1] New @mmfa study: Major media outlets fail to debunk President Trump’s false or misleading statements in their tweets 65% of the time, amplifying his misinformation an average of 19 times per day. https://t.co/8OV2FGddbn — Matthew Gertz (@MattGertz) May 3, 2019 The study analyzed more than 2,000 tweets posted by 32 major US news outlets […]