Facebook Business Model Incompatible with Fixing Its Fake News Problem
Nice article about how Facebook’s business model is at odds with any inclinations it might have to clean up fake news.
Entries by Will Thalheimer
How Teachers Can Help Students Learn How to Handle Fake News
In this article in the Washington Post, teachers play the heroes in helping our kids learn to tell fake news from real news. As an expert on learning, let me suggest the following approaches for teachers: Don’t preach about the dangers of fake news. That may be our natural inclination, but most learners hate this. […]
Finder’s Guide to Facts — How to Tell if You’re Reading Fake News
Steve Inskeep, veteran NPR reporter, provides a nice guide to help us tell true stories from fake ones.
Fact Checkers Hoping that Facebook can Save the News
This article on Politico by Nancy Scola, describes ideas from fact checkers about how Facebook and other social-media companies can help diminish fake news.
NY Times takes on Truth and Lies in the Age of Trump
The New York Times has published an editorial mourning the loss of reality-based political discourse. In this major statement from the grand old lady, they argue that Americans are simply less interested in truth and more interested in following a story line. Trump, they say, has brilliantly jumped into this post-truth environment to manipulate a […]
Clinton Campaign Utilized Fake News Too!
Glenn Greenwald, the guy who ushered Edward Snowden’s revelations into the world, writes how the Clinton campaign — despite Hillary Clinton’s recent complaints about fake news — actually used fake-news methods itself in trying to discredit Wikileak’s documents on Clinton’s email fiasco.
Facebook COO still Claims Fake News did NOT impact Election
Sheryl Sandberg, Chief Operating Officer at Facebook, claims in interview on NBC’s Today Show that Fake News did NOT influence the U.S. Presidential Election. I found her response sickening — just PR spin… Yo Facebook! Be real first, so we know you really care!
Dean Pomerleau is Gathering Geeks to Crush Fake News
Dean Pomerleau (on twitter at @DeanPomerleau) has issued the #FakeNewsChallenge to bring together Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning expertise to solve or at least lessen the fake news problem. You can sign up to join the fake news challenge at: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfJAMXy_iOXnfh-m6jbsbRAm0xwFUlQRD5VWLyuExq2rD0GmQ/viewform. You can see the Fake News Challenge website at: http://www.fakenewschallenge.org/
The National Review Opines Against Fake News — But Throws Hands Up
The National Review, the stalwart conservative periodical founded by William Buckley, has written a piece warning about the dangers of fake news. I am relieved, I must say, to hear that folks on the right are just as alarmed. While the first screaming proselytizers came from the left, it is a hopeful sign that maybe […]
Pope Calls Fake News a Sin
The Pope has labeled fake news a sin, saying that spreading “disinformation is probably the greatest damage that the media can do.” Huffington Post headline: Pope Warns Media Over ‘Sin’ Of Spreading Fake News, Smearing Politician