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Facebook, Twitter Join Network to Tackle Fake News
Reuters ^ | Sep. 13, 2016 | Reuters

Posted on 09/13/2016 4:35:58 PM PDT by PROCON

The network of more than 30 news and technology companies also includes CNN and Buzzfeed.

Facebook and Twitter have joined a network of over 30 news and technology companies to tackle fake news and improve the quality of information on social media, the group said on Tuesday.

First Draft Coalition, formed in June 2015 with the backing of Alphabet’s Google GOOG -1.21% , said it would create a voluntary code of practice, promote news literacy among social media users, and launch a platform where members can verify questionable news stories.

The platform will be launched by the end of October, Jenni Sargent, managing director of the coalition, said in an email.

(Excerpt) Read more at fortune.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: censorship; cnn; coverup; facebook; newspeak; nyt; propaganda; socialmedia; twitter
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Title Translation:

Facebook, Twitter Join Network to Tackle Censor Fake Conservative/Anti-Liberal News

1 posted on 09/13/2016 4:35:58 PM PDT by PROCON
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To: PROCON

And there it is.


2 posted on 09/13/2016 4:37:28 PM PDT by sparklite2 (The game overs whether you play it or not.)
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To: PROCON

Wait a minute....cnn IS fake news.


3 posted on 09/13/2016 4:38:20 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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There really are fake news sites. These post fraudelent stories with click bait titles. Some actively lie to conservatives to make us look stupid.


4 posted on 09/13/2016 4:39:21 PM PDT by rmlew ("Mosques are our barracks, minarets our bayonets, domes our helmets, the believers our soldiers.")
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To: PROCON

Big Brother - world-wide


5 posted on 09/13/2016 4:41:22 PM PDT by blueplum ((March 11, 2016 - the day the First Amendment died?))
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You’re right but do we want the NT Times, WAPO and CNN to be the arbiters of “Truth”?


6 posted on 09/13/2016 4:44:32 PM PDT by PROCON ("Lock Her Up! Lock Her Up!")
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To: rmlew
There really are fake news sites. These post fraudelent stories with click bait titles. Some actively lie to conservatives to make us look stupid.

It's a small price to pay for not having self-appointed guardians judging what's "real news" and shutting down whatever doesn't fit their definition.

7 posted on 09/13/2016 4:45:38 PM PDT by Maceman (Screw the Party. Save the Country.)
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Well, NOW CNN will be able to tell you, NO, they’re not fake, trust us, we’re the “truth” patrol.


8 posted on 09/13/2016 4:46:11 PM PDT by PROCON ("Lock Her Up! Lock Her Up!")
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Notice how whenever there is ‘progressive’ stories there will never be an area to comment?
I guess they are tired of being ROASTED in their own web space.


9 posted on 09/13/2016 4:46:49 PM PDT by glasseye
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To: PROCON; hoosiermama; Jane Long; SE Mom; LucyT
JournoList 2.0
10 posted on 09/13/2016 4:47:34 PM PDT by maggief
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To: PROCON

The Ministry of Propaganda


11 posted on 09/13/2016 4:49:28 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam , Know Peace)
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Facebook and Twitter CREATE and SPREAD fake news!! They also highlight the lies and propaganda of lowlife journos and editorialists like the worthless New York Times’ Charles Blow!!!!


12 posted on 09/13/2016 4:50:14 PM PDT by Honorary Serb (Kosovo is Serbia! Free Srpska! Abolish ICTY!)
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HELL NO.


13 posted on 09/13/2016 4:50:33 PM PDT by Alas Babylon!
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Fake News = News that doesn’t fit the Democrat narrative.


14 posted on 09/13/2016 4:51:24 PM PDT by AppyPappy (If you really want to irritate someone, point out something obvious they are trying hard to ignore.)
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But the people and websites such as FB who want to do the determining as to what is “real news” sites are the same people who are censoring conservative news on their sites...


15 posted on 09/13/2016 4:52:09 PM PDT by Freedom56v2 (This election is about National Sovereignty, Liberty, and Freedom for future generations)
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JournoList 2.0

This time loud and proud.

Will there be fines by the government for posting non-complying news?

16 posted on 09/13/2016 4:52:13 PM PDT by PROCON ("Lock Her Up! Lock Her Up!")
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Facebook, Twitter Join Network to Tackle Power Through Fake News
17 posted on 09/13/2016 4:52:22 PM PDT by Oratam
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More liberal insanity. What next??? Expect anything to try and defraud the ignorant and the stupid.


18 posted on 09/13/2016 4:55:45 PM PDT by EagleUSA
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Enough of this ‘teaming up’ to be the arbiters of ‘news’. We are adults. We have an internet that can check things for ourselves. Like when CBS edits out unfortunate words from a Bill Clinton interview. We don’t need the guardians anymore.


19 posted on 09/13/2016 4:56:25 PM PDT by fhayek
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To: Oratam

CENSORSHIP by any other name...would stink as bad.


20 posted on 09/13/2016 4:57:01 PM PDT by CondorFlight (I)
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