Editor's Pick: Fake News Taints Facebook's Trending Topics

Fake News Taints Facebook's Trending Topics

Richard Adhikari Oct 15, 2016 10:35 AM PT

Facebook's Trending Topics section recently has carried a number of trending stories that were either "indisputably fake" or "profoundly inaccurate," according to a report this week. The news feed six weeks ago ran a false story claiming Fox News had fired anchor Megyn Kelly for being a closet liberal who supported Hillary Clinton. Facebook removed the story, apologized, and promised to do better. [More...]

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