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Facebook's Zuckerberg Reveals 7-Point Plan To Eradicate "Misinformation"
ZeroHedge.com ^ | 19 November 2016 | Tyler Durden

Posted on 11/19/2016 6:37:42 PM PST by Rockitz

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has a message for his billion-plus users: "you're not capable of deciding for yourself what is 'news' and what is not, so we will do it for you."

Facebook has been widely blamed - by the left-leaning mainstream media - for allowing the spread of online misinformation, amusingly much of it pro-Trump, but Zuckerberg has rejected the notion that Facebook influenced the outcome of the election or that fake news is a major problem on the service.

"Of all the content on Facebook, more than 99 percent of what people see is authentic," he wrote in a blog post on Saturday.

"Only a very small amount is fake news and hoaxes."

Which is why we found it odd that since such "a very small amount" of Facebook is "fake", why the left-leaning CEO would draft up his 7-point plan for eradicating "misinformation" from the social network (via Facebook)...

A lot of you have asked what we're doing about misinformation, so I wanted to give an update.

The bottom line is: we take misinformation seriously. Our goal is to connect people with the stories they find most meaningful, and we know people want accurate information. We've been working on this problem for a long time and we take this responsibility seriously. We've made significant progress, but there is more work to be done.

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


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: facebook; faceplant; fakenews; internet; misinformation; tyranny; zuckerberg
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To: DOC44

“conveniently late”

Disagree. The end game here is to selectively kill conservative news stories, IMO.


21 posted on 11/19/2016 6:56:41 PM PST by Rebelbase (Please consider donating to the emotional-support porcupine program for college safe spaces.)
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To: Rockitz

Zuckernews!


22 posted on 11/19/2016 7:02:08 PM PST by aquila48
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To: Rockitz

The final few weeks, I saw a lot of questionable stuff flying around FB, from BOTH SIDES.

So in the final analysis, what is good for the goose is also good for the gander.

Censor away, if you can. It appears Trump’s campaign did well. Probably due in part, to Bannon’s involvement and resources he brought to the effort.

I am a lay person on social media, but the subject fascinates me.


23 posted on 11/19/2016 7:02:20 PM PST by truth_seeker
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To: Rebelbase

conveniently late for the election (let the left lies be posted) and now just in time to censor conservative news.


24 posted on 11/19/2016 7:02:20 PM PST by DOC44 (Have gun will travel.)
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To: Rockitz

fake news from the Clinton News Network and New York Slime?


25 posted on 11/19/2016 7:05:09 PM PST by Brown Deer (Pray for 0bama. Psalm 109:8)
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To: Rockitz

IMAGE OWERSHIP:

At one early point in internet history, Zuckerberg was going to make his user permissions such that if you uploaded to your FB account a photo of you or ANYONE featuring a product, Mark would OWN the image AND he would have the right to license it for advertising.

Like you snap a photo of your hot sister with a bottle of Stolichnaya Vodka...?

Mark would charge Stoli for using that photo, and Stoli would PAY MARK.

If his proposal had been deemed legal, you could be driving down the highway and SEE YOUSELF in an ad that you had NEVER BEEN PAID FOR..!!

Of course, it didn’t pass but it really shows you the gall the guy had.

We’re all dedicated Capitalists, but socialist Mark had ideas about ownership that were just completely insane.


26 posted on 11/19/2016 7:10:19 PM PST by gaijin
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To: DOC44

Zuckerberg is very wealthy and either very stupid or willingly ignorant. 99% of news stories spiked on Facebook were positive towards conservatives or anti Hillary. Anyone for Trump was censored or had their accounts suspended.

Want to fix Facebook news? Get rid of the entire editorial staff and hire Sharryl Atkinnson to run your news department. Let her hire the staff to do your news.


27 posted on 11/19/2016 7:10:29 PM PST by EQAndyBuzz (Election 2016 - Best election ever)
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To: Rockitz

Facebook has been censoring conservatives for years, but they’ve been more egregious over the years.

Trump supporter BLOCKED by Facebook for complaining about site’s censorship of right-wing activists
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3603345/Conservative-activist-Lauren-Southern-banned-Facebook-mentioning-censorship.html

Facebook Bans Gay Magazine Critical Of Islam
http://www.breitbart.com/london/2016/06/17/facebook-bans-gay-magazine-critical-islam/

WikiLeaks Makes DNC Look Bad - Banned on Facebook and Shadowbanned on Twitter
http://investmentwatchblog.com/twitter-is-shadow-banning-dncleak-to-make-it-go-down-in-trends-and-wikileaks-links-are-banned-on-facebook-now/


28 posted on 11/19/2016 7:13:27 PM PST by tbw2
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To: Rockitz

FUMZ


29 posted on 11/19/2016 7:14:06 PM PST by TruthInThoughtWordAndDeed (Yahuah Yahusha)
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To: Rockitz

Information want’s to be free.


30 posted on 11/19/2016 7:14:26 PM PST by Captain Compassion
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To: Rockitz

...and Obama will become a billionaire becoming the “curator” of the facebook google internet.


31 posted on 11/19/2016 7:16:49 PM PST by Organic Panic (Gentrification in America. Rich White Man Evicts Poor Black Family - MSNBCPBSCNNNYTABC)
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To: Rockitz

Someone smart will create a business model promising free access to news and ideas.

They’ll make a bundle.


32 posted on 11/19/2016 7:20:52 PM PST by dp0622 (IThe only thing an upper crust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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To: Savage Beast

They have. It’s called FReeREpublic. :)


33 posted on 11/19/2016 7:26:17 PM PST by luvie (I love the troops. That is all....)
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To: Rockitz

Why not a 5 year plan instead

Communists and fascists are fond of them.


34 posted on 11/19/2016 7:27:29 PM PST by headstamp 2 (Fear is the mind killer.)
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To: Rockitz
Zuckerberg is a Jew who is staunchly atheist.

I've never been able to trust anyone like that. It's like coming out of open heart surgery and claiming not to believe in cardiac specialists. To be from an ancient heritage as that and to disavow God's role in preserving his people...

Such a man is worse than a fool. Why should anyone be comfortable with him deciding what is news and what is not?

35 posted on 11/19/2016 7:29:59 PM PST by Ciaphas Cain
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To: Rockitz

From facebook to faceME Sugarberg daddy

As usual, all such political roads lead to ME in this narcissistic world


36 posted on 11/19/2016 7:33:43 PM PST by lavaroise (s)
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To: Rockitz

Been hating this wiener and his pathetic odd smile and girly boobs for a long time. I hope this atheist libtard buipds up enough fatty tissue in his tubes to keel. Lib Jews make me sick.


37 posted on 11/19/2016 7:35:51 PM PST by ShivaFan
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To: Rockitz

If it’s only 1% then why sweat it?


38 posted on 11/19/2016 7:40:57 PM PST by MNDude (God is not a Republican, but Satan is certainly a Democrat)
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To: Rockitz

Facebook-Lead news tonight at the top was an article about the death of Natalie Woods.The article was from 2O11.


39 posted on 11/19/2016 7:42:05 PM PST by fatima (Free Hugs Today :))
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To: Rockitz

Given known factors involved, I expect this will cause an increase in misinformation.


40 posted on 11/19/2016 7:42:57 PM PST by reasonisfaith ("...because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved." (2 Thessalonians))
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