An interview with Nebojša Vujinović Vujo, who runs 2,000+ AI-generated news sites, often hosted on popular, dormant domains, and claims to have human editors
Serbian DJ turned internet entrepreneur Nebojša Vujinović Vujo floods abandoned news sites with AI-generated articles. X: @knibbs , @emilybell , @knibbs , @katiedrumm , @dannygroner , and @faris See a...
Sources: Kevin Roose's tweets about Facebook stories with the highest engagement as per CrowdTangle worried the News Feed team, who considered them inaccurate
What news should people see when they come to Facebook? — In the old days, your answer might have been “whatever they want to see,” or even “who cares?” Tweets: @oliverdarcy , @johnwhegeman , @vivia...
Survey of 1,000 tech industry workers: 51% believe “Trump has a point when it comes to the media producing fake news” and 59% favor working with the US military
A new study by BuzzFeed News and Lucid surveyed tech workers on their attitudes toward the media. Tweets: @anandwrites , @wesyang , @emilybell , @carnage4life , @cequirk , @bernstein , @went1955 , @ma...
Zuckerberg: “the idea that fake news on Facebook, which is a very small amount of the content, influenced the election in any way... is a pretty crazy idea”
but Mark Zuckerberg's response is tone deaf Todd Spangler / Variety : Mark Zuckerberg: ‘Pretty Crazy Idea’ That Facebook Fake News Helped Donald Trump Win Damon Beres / Mashable : Hey, Facebook: Socia...