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Donald Trump won the popular vote.
The Clinton Foundation bought $137 million worth of illegal arms and ammunition.
An FBI agent associated with Hillary Clinton's email leaks was found dead in a murder-suicide.
The Pope endorsed Trump.
If you saw any of these stories on the internet over the past few weeks, let's be crystal clear: They're not true.
But you might not have known that if you saw them on Google or Facebook. Google listed the popular-vote story prominently on Google News on Monday for those searching for election results. The other stories made the rounds, unchecked, on Facebook, where they racked up likes, shares and views.
That's a problem because Facebook and Google are now two of the largest and most popular sites on the internet. They're also the Hungry Hungry Hippos of digital ad dollars. Between them, they draw billions of visitors a day. So if Facebook and Google have a fake news problem, there's an argument to be made that the internet itself has a fake news problem. And that's not good for the general public.
"The lion's share of our research around the role of digital and social media in the news environment suggests it's playing a pretty significant role in the habits of America," said Jesse Holcomb, associate director of research for the Pew Research Center in Washington, DC.
[h=3]A 'black box'[/h]What's more, about four out of every 10 Americans get their news online, he added. So if Google and Facebook spotlight bogus stories, those stories can gain a lot of traction.
"Google is an important source of news for people who tend to fall toward the middle of the ideological spectrum," Holcomb said. Google is a "generally trusted source of news," while Facebook "casts a shadow over the whole social web."
The concern over fake news has reached a fever pitch since November 8, when Donald Trump, the Republican nominee, won the US presidency in a victory few predicted. In the aftermath of the election, his detractors have alleged that fake news circulating on Facebook and other sites helped him win.
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The Clinton Foundation bought $137 million worth of illegal arms and ammunition.
An FBI agent associated with Hillary Clinton's email leaks was found dead in a murder-suicide.
The Pope endorsed Trump.
If you saw any of these stories on the internet over the past few weeks, let's be crystal clear: They're not true.
But you might not have known that if you saw them on Google or Facebook. Google listed the popular-vote story prominently on Google News on Monday for those searching for election results. The other stories made the rounds, unchecked, on Facebook, where they racked up likes, shares and views.
That's a problem because Facebook and Google are now two of the largest and most popular sites on the internet. They're also the Hungry Hungry Hippos of digital ad dollars. Between them, they draw billions of visitors a day. So if Facebook and Google have a fake news problem, there's an argument to be made that the internet itself has a fake news problem. And that's not good for the general public.
"The lion's share of our research around the role of digital and social media in the news environment suggests it's playing a pretty significant role in the habits of America," said Jesse Holcomb, associate director of research for the Pew Research Center in Washington, DC.
[h=3]A 'black box'[/h]What's more, about four out of every 10 Americans get their news online, he added. So if Google and Facebook spotlight bogus stories, those stories can gain a lot of traction.
"Google is an important source of news for people who tend to fall toward the middle of the ideological spectrum," Holcomb said. Google is a "generally trusted source of news," while Facebook "casts a shadow over the whole social web."
The concern over fake news has reached a fever pitch since November 8, when Donald Trump, the Republican nominee, won the US presidency in a victory few predicted. In the aftermath of the election, his detractors have alleged that fake news circulating on Facebook and other sites helped him win.
https://www.cnet.com/how-to/shopping-for-an-apple-product-choose-refurbished-every-time/
