Google and Facebook Take Aim at Fake News Sites – The New York Times

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Google and Facebook Take Aim at Fake News Sites

After criticism that they might have allowed fake news to influence the 2016 election, the companies are banning such sites from using their advertising services.

Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/15/technology/google-will-ban-websites-that-host-fake-news-from-using-its-ad-service.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=0

Taken together, the decisions were a clear signal that the tech behemoths could no longer ignore the growing outcry over their power in distributing information to the American electorate.