This above article is an academic research work on Facebook’s initiative in combatting the fake news. The social media uses machine learning algorithms to push information to its users, by the analyzed interests and needs of the users. Thus, one who are into certain type of information may only see the related information. As we covered machine learning and textual analysis. I would like to have you think about a few things:
- In your mind, is it the responsibility of social media platform to confront and solve the fake news problem?
- In your mind, what is the role of the government in this matter? To what extend should legislation or regulations be implemented to clarify the identification of fake news and the responsibility of transmission of fake news?
- What is the role of machine learning in this context? based on your understanding of the potence of the technology.
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