Stop The Bullshit

Hide posts & block sites that publish fake news on Facebook

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Hide posts & block sites that publish fake news on Facebook

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This uses a white list so we're trusting the open source community for what news sources are good. I guess the alternative is to use machine learning to classify fake news. But I guess it's an argument for human bias vs algorithmic error.

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10yr ago

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@delsig Hopefully it's not the "whitelist" mentioned here

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10yr ago

@delsig Google just funded a machine learning startup in the UK that is filtering fake news

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10yr ago

Problem is, only people who are conscientious about fake news are liable to use these tools. This leads to a subset of the population who, while "protected" from fake news, but doesn't see what's influencing others. Not necessarily a good thing!

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10yr ago

@ryanjamurphy Agreed! And mostly conscientious people won't need these tools because if they are, it means they are skeptic enough to question and do fact checks... This kind of tools are good proof-of-concept so that Facebook/Google/etc put their act together...

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10yr ago

What about targeting specific authors and journalists? For example, a vetted contributor at Huffington Post could conceivably push through an article that is "fake news" but the integrity of the source doesn't need to be put into question. Or conversely if a malicious individual manages to gain a publishing position with an otherwise reputable news source. Bad actors are individuals, not URLs.

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10yr ago

dejavu

For those commenting on "well, how fake is fake?" -- the readme-file clearly states that this filters scammer-sites, not biased news sources or satire sites.

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10yr ago

The ironic thing about this is that the mainstream media has proven to be consistently biased and dishonest in their coverage, which is why people have sought out alternative sources of news. Do not let anyone tell you that your source of news is 'fake' because it is not approved by the status quo. This is censorship plain and simple.

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10yr ago

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The venerable Ben Thompson offers his thoughts on #FakeNews https://twitter.com/stratechery/...

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10yr ago

It's a brave new world when people allow this sort of thing to happen.

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