Category: hoax

Facebook built a tool to track misinformation about itself

Post author By Randall
Post date July 8, 2019
Categories In business, Facebook, gear, hoax, Internet, Memes, misinformation, monitor, Rumors, Social Media, software, stormchaser, Tech, track

[ad_1] Developed in 2016, Stormtracker has been used to follow viral posts about the company. It’s tracked everything from rumors that Facebook listens to users, to a prank that told users if they didn’t copy and paste a status Facebook would share their private information, jokes about Mark Zuckerberg looking like an alien and more. […]

Facebook is fact checking the ‘drunk Nancy Pelosi’ video, but won’t remove it

Post author By Randall
Post date May 24, 2019
Categories In business, deepfakes, Facebook, gear, green, hoax, Internet, nancy pelosi, services, Tech, Viral Video

[ad_1] Facebook is attempting to thread the needle between censoring the unquestionably altered video and allowing people to share what they want. In contrast, YouTube has opted to remove the video altogether, according to CNN. While Facebook’s approach will attempt to dispell some of the misinformation created by the video, it may be too late […]