Facebook has repeatedly trended fake news since firing its human editors – The Washington Post

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Analysis | Facebook has repeatedly trended fake news since firing its human editors

Parody stories, news releases, 9/11 conspiracies — they’ve all been promoted by Facebook Trending since the algorithms took over.

via Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2016/10/12/facebook-has-repeatedly-trended-fake-news-since-firing-its-human-editors/?tid=sm_fb

The Megyn Kelly incident was supposed to be an anomaly. An unfortunate one-off. A bit of (very public, embarrassing) bad luck. But in the six weeks since Facebook revamped its Trending system — and a hoax about the Fox News Channel star subsequently trended — the site has repeatedly promoted “news” stories that are actually works of fiction.