Mediagazer: Facebook identifies efforts to falsely amplify content and sentiment using fake accounts, as seen in US election, improves detection using patterns of activity (Joseph Menn/Reuters)

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Joseph Menn / Reuters:

Facebook identifies efforts to falsely amplify content and sentiment using fake accounts, as seen in US election, improves detection using patterns of activity — Facebook Inc acknowledged on Thursday that it has become a battleground for governments seeking to manipulate public opinion …

Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:

A look at the press in the first 100 days of the Trump administration, during which journalists have both scrutinized and normalized the new President — Eons ago — yes, way back before Jan. 20 — I urged the American press to “scrutinize, not normalize” the actions of the new administration.

Charlie Warzel / BuzzFeed:

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Krishna Bharat:

Creator of Google News describes traits of story clusters and their sharing patterns that can be used by algorithms and humans to flag them as fake — Fast enough to empower humans to take action — Last November, a friend told me about his extended family of Filipino-Americans in the Fresno area.

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Josh Constine / TechCrunch:

Facebook updates Rights Manager tool to let creators claim ad earnings on copyright-infringing videos posted by others — Facebook finally has a better solution to freebooting — the common practice of stealing video and uploading it to one's Facebook Page to reap the engagement and audience growth.

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Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:

FCC releases the full text of Ajit Pai's proposal to roll back Title II net neutrality rules ahead of May 18 vote — The FCC will now take your comments on whether to kill net neutrality. — You can now start filing public comments on the Federal Communications Commission plan to eliminate net neutrality rules.

Jason Del Rey / Recode:

Inside BuzzFeed's 12-person affiliate commerce team, which operates under the company's Entertainment umbrella that reports to Ze Frank, not News head Ben Smith — Affiliate links are so hot right now. — BuzzFeed isn't the first media company to try to make money by pointing you to stuff you should buy on Amazon.

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