Hillary Clinton says Facebook must ‘prevent fake news from creating a new reality’

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Hillary Clinton is not happy about fake news on Facebook.

Speaking at Recode‘s Code conference Wednesday, the former secretary of state had some strong words about the role fake news on Facebook played in the election, saying the social network must do more to combat it. 

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“They’ve got to get back to trying to curate it more effectively, they’ve got to help prevent fake news from creating a new reality,” she said.

“If you look at Facebook, the vast majority of the ‘news items’ posted were fake,” she said. “They were connected to, as we now know, the 1,000 Russian agents who were involved in delivering those messages, they were connected to the bots that are just out of control.” Read more…

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