Facebook is being blamed for aiding Donald Trump’s rise by facilitating the spread of fake and misleading news stories. In response, the social giant says its handling of news (both real and not
real) remains a work in progress. “We understand there’s so much more we need to do,” Adam Mosseri, VP of product management at Facebook, said in a statement given to TechCrunch. As
TC notes: “Facebook has previously been criticized for firing the human editors it used to employ to curate its trending news section.”
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