It's really not.https://twitter.com/fwd/status/797669630047203329 …
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Replying to @ClaraJeffery
unfair! on Facebook scale identifying veracity of every post is insanely difficult. but they need to take much more seriously
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Replying to @BrendanNyhan @ClaraJeffery
Not every post, but the ones that are getting massive traction. Also, some possible algorithmically.
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Google has dealt with this very issue with content farms, and devoted a lot of resources, even lost money.
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..in the short run, but they did actually make headway. People warned FB for years, they shrugged.
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Replying to @zeynep @ClaraJeffery
agree! I think we should expect and demand progress. But also have to be realistic about scale and scope of problem
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Replying to @BrendanNyhan @zeynep
For starters undo the change where the algorithm downweights posts/shared posts from legit news orgs
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Replying to @ClaraJeffery @BrendanNyhan
And they did that just months before the election. They're a $350b company.
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They got to that size in about a decade for a reason; now they want to shrug all the reasons & go on.
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And, believe it or not, they are least shrugging the US. In other places, this is fueling ethnic cleansing.
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