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01-24-2018, 09:42 AM
Mark Zuckerberg's answer to 'fake news' is this garbage 2-question survey
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Mark Zuckerberg is here to save us from Mark Zuckerberg. *
On Tuesday, just four days after the Facebook CEO announced his intention (http://mashable.com/2018/01/19/facebook-news-feed-trusted-sources-fake-news/) to revamp the News Feed in favor of "high quality content," we were gifted a sneak peek at the means by which he will deliver us from the scourge of so-called fake news (http://mashable.com/category/fake-news/).*
It takes the form of a survey, and, sadly, we regret to inform you that things aren't looking so good.*
SEE ALSO: Facebook admits that, yea, maybe it's not great for democracy (http://mashable.com/2018/01/22/facebook-social-media-bad-for-democracy/)
In a 464-word decree (https://www.facebook.com/zuck/posts/10104445245963251?pnref=story), the Zuck promised his disciples that the power to decide what is right and true shall henceforth be in their hands. You see, it will be up to them — the very same people who believed the Pope endorsed Donald Trump (http://mashable.com/2017/01/11/trump-fake-news-buzzfeed/) — to determine what news sources are to be trusted.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2018/01/23/facebook-trustworthiness-survey/)
More about Facebook (http://mashable.com/category/facebook/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Election 2016 (http://mashable.com/category/election-2016/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Mark Zuckerberg (http://mashable.com/category/mark-zuckerberg/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Fake News (http://mashable.com/category/fake-news/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), and Tech (http://mashable.com/tech/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/_1zcCSN5BdM
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Mark Zuckerberg is here to save us from Mark Zuckerberg. *
On Tuesday, just four days after the Facebook CEO announced his intention (http://mashable.com/2018/01/19/facebook-news-feed-trusted-sources-fake-news/) to revamp the News Feed in favor of "high quality content," we were gifted a sneak peek at the means by which he will deliver us from the scourge of so-called fake news (http://mashable.com/category/fake-news/).*
It takes the form of a survey, and, sadly, we regret to inform you that things aren't looking so good.*
SEE ALSO: Facebook admits that, yea, maybe it's not great for democracy (http://mashable.com/2018/01/22/facebook-social-media-bad-for-democracy/)
In a 464-word decree (https://www.facebook.com/zuck/posts/10104445245963251?pnref=story), the Zuck promised his disciples that the power to decide what is right and true shall henceforth be in their hands. You see, it will be up to them — the very same people who believed the Pope endorsed Donald Trump (http://mashable.com/2017/01/11/trump-fake-news-buzzfeed/) — to determine what news sources are to be trusted.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2018/01/23/facebook-trustworthiness-survey/)
More about Facebook (http://mashable.com/category/facebook/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Election 2016 (http://mashable.com/category/election-2016/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Mark Zuckerberg (http://mashable.com/category/mark-zuckerberg/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Fake News (http://mashable.com/category/fake-news/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), and Tech (http://mashable.com/tech/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/_1zcCSN5BdM