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Re:Facebook and Google pressured EU experts to soften fake n... by RickJWagner on Tuesday May 21, 2019 @07:53AM (#19969261)
I think Facebook is in a tough spot.

Unlike news providers (who write the stories, and pay the writers) Facebook is giving it's customers a platform to speak from. If they muzzle the story providers, they are muzzling their own customers.

I agree Facebook is part of the puzzle, but it probably has to be approached from a different angle.

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Re:Facebook and Google pressured EU experts to soften fake n... by village-idiot on Tuesday May 21, 2019 @08:06AM (#19969338)
The problem is that at pretty much every turn, Facebook does the wrong thing and fritters away it’s reputation and public trust. So at this point nobody trusts Facebook to do the right thing, and all the proposals I’ve seen involve Facebook being coerced to do something.
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