Facebook promised to tackle fake news. But the evidence shows it's not working

Facebook promised to tackle fake news. But the evidence shows it's not working
Sam Levin, The Guardian, 2017/05/17
The problem with flagging fake news as "disputed" is that it encourages people to try harder. "A bunch of conservative groups grabbed this and said, ‘Hey, they are trying to silence this blog – share, share share,’” said Winthrop, who published the story that falsely claimed hundreds of thousands of Irish people were brought to the US as slaves. More...