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Facebook will now ask users to rank news organizations they trust
Facebook announced major changes Friday to the Newsfeed used by 2 billion people every month and will now ask users to rank the news organizations they trust. The move comes after Facebook endured a year of harsh criticism for allowing fake news and misinformation to spread on its social network. In reflecting on those challenges, company executives said they no longer want to be an arbitrator of the content people see.
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How to make echo chambers bigger and louder.
Sad but true.
QUESTIONS! How does Facebook intend to prevent "bot Accounts" from voting in the ranking process and affect the trustworthiness of news organizations?
Many Internet marketers have hundreds/thousands of accounts on Facebook (and other social media sites). Are these accounts much more likely to vote than the general public (thus, skewing the results)?
How about those Russian accounts set up to influence the American election?
This process sounds like it is primed to be abused and distorted. Hope I'm wrong.