Why do you need algorithms to catch fake news? Surely there's a power law distribution. Why not use humans to catch the worst instances?
If you want to avoid accusations of bias, have a nonprofit third-party organization do it.
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hah
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like who? that just shifts all of the raw, real, ethical, factual calls to someone else. FB has the power to lead this in a smart way
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taking profit motive away does not make this apolitical. it would likely bring even weirder politics into it. who funds/leads it?
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In today's highly politicised... everything... can you name a nonprofit 3rd-party organisation universally considered unbiased?
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and the current gatekeepers,
#MSM, do not want to lose their place in the power hierarchy
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hmmm. Politifact gets accused of liberal bias all the time...
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@CodyBrown@bartb1067 Can apply professional criteria e.g. capacity for reporting, a nonpartisan yardstick.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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non-profit 3rd party is no protection against bias
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Thought on that. We know issues of defining "truth", but there'd be way to determine "no truth" (falsacionism: Popper). Human-algo?
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doesn't the whole aspect of an algorithm create an unbiased third party that should act as this identifier?
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