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Trump Admits “Fake News” Really Means “Negative Media Coverage”

In a tweet about denying press credentials, Trump admitted the true nature of his “fake news” spam.

New study reveals the massive impact of fake news on Twitter.

What started with writing fake reviews for rent ended up pushing extreme misinformation to fund luxury consumption and travel.

Turns out that empirical data showed that it did not work, but Facebook already has another approach lined up.

Facebook will now prevent pages that repeatedly share fake news from advertising their page to crack down on financial incentives.

Algorithm improvements, human evaluators, more opportunity for feedback and increased transparency about how Google search works.

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