US President Barack Obama Criticizes Facebook of Spreading Fake Stories (www.bgr.in)

An anonymous reader writes:Concerned over the spread of fake news on the social networking giant, US President Barack Obama has criticized Facebook, saying fake stories on social networks are spreading lies this election. Speaking at a rally for Hillary Clinton at University of Michigan, Obama said: "The way campaigns have unfolded, we just start accepting crazy stuff as normal and people if they just repeat attacks enough and outright lies over and over again. As long as it's on Facebook, and people can see it, as long as it's on social media, people start believing it, and it creates this dust cloud of nonsense," he told the gathering. A recent BuzzFeed investigation found that 38 percent of posts shared from three large right-wing politics pages on Facebook included "false or misleading information."

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So 62 % of the posts are not false or misleading?

[Diss Champ]

That implies two things:
1. The quality of Facebook has increased substantially.
2. We're screwed.

Re:BuzzFeed?

[cayenne8]

A better question - what is this "Facebook of Spreading Fake Stories" that BO is criticizing?

I dunno.

BUT....everyone please remember, with the expected high voter turnouts this year, in order to endure everyone can cast their votes, THS year, we are having the Republicans vote today, and tomorrow is reserved for the Democrats to cast their ballots.

This is the best way to keep things fair, and ensure everyone gets to vote and have their vote counted.