Analysis of 250K posts and 5K political ads shows Facebook's challenges in addressing the rise of politically-motivated misinformation ahead of midterms
including properties such as the New York Times, The Washington Post, and Fox News. Combined.” http://medium.com/... Leighton Andrews / @leightonandrews : If you're not reading @d1gi on Facebook, then you won't understand modern elections. Or the organising mechanisms of the extreme right. Or Facebook. http://medium.com/... Natasha / @riptari : “Facebook's political ad transparency tools—and I mean all of them—offer no real basis for evaluation.” http://twitter.com/... Charlie Beckett / @charliebeckett : Latest research from @d1gi on misinformation in the US mid-terms. Signs of success for Facebook's measures against false content and algo manipulation, but a whole lot of mess and malfunctioning of moderation, too. http://medium.com/... Stephen Maher / @stphnmaher : ‘the sources of misinformation and origins of conspiracy seeding efforts on Facebook are becoming invisible to the public’ http://twitter.com/... Sarah Frier / @sarahfrier : “It is Facebook's Groups— right here, right now—that I feel represents the greatest short-term threat to election news and information integrity.” Must-read analysis by @d1gi http://medium.com/... Jason Kint / @jason_kint : “The takeaway: It's not good. Many of the dangers that were pointed out years ago have seemed to grow exponentially on Facebook...and involve patterns that have been on the radar of the company's leadership and American politicians since the last election.” http://twitter.com/...