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The Fakes of Life and gullibility
Source: Silicon Valley Can’t Destroy Democracy Without Our Help – The New York Times In this op for the New York Times, Emily Parker bluntly lays out my central concern about sales pitches. I’m using “sales pitches” as a sort … Continue reading
Posted in The Facts of Life
Tagged Emily Parker, Facebook, fake news, Parlio, political smear campaigns, Quora, Silicon Valley, social media influencing elections, Twitter
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Facts versus fakes on Facebook
Until reading this from 538 Significant Digits, I didn’t know Facebook was trying to label fake news stories by tagging them as “disputed.” So how is that going? 80 percent Facebook’s new attempt to have third-party fact checking groups vet … Continue reading
Posted in Komprosplat, The Facts of Life
Tagged 538 Significant Digits, divisive political messaging, Facebook, Facebook fact checking, fact checking, facts of life, fake news, gun rights, Kremlin troll farms, LGBT rights, online hoaxes, race issues
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“In Italian Schools, Reading, Writing and Recognizing Fake News”
Source: In Italian Schools, Reading, Writing and Recognizing Fake News – The New York Times Maybe the Italians can send teachers here to show our students how to do it. ROME — After reading the horrors in Dante’s “Inferno,” Italian … Continue reading
Posted in Komprosplat, Politics, The Facts of Life
Tagged fake news, fake political ads, how to tell fake ads, Italian education, Jason Horowitz, political ads
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