‘In
de strijd tegen ‘fake news’ (of: nepnieuws) verlaat Facebook haar ‘trending news’ berichten, berichten die veel worden gedeeld op Facebook voor ‘breaking news’, nieuws gebracht door 80 reguliere mediaorganen. Ofwel Facebook gaat haar
gebruikers hersenspoelen met berichten van de reguliere media, die
maar al te vaak fake blijken te zijn……

Wat
politici en de reguliere media hebben aangemerkt als ‘fake news’, is
voor het overgrote deel nieuws dat de huidige status quo bedreigt of
zelfs ronduit aantoont dat nieuws uit de reguliere media gebaseerd is op leugens en aannames.

Om duidelijk te maken wat men onder fake news verstaat, verwees men in de westerse reguliere media en politiek naar overduidelijk gefabriceerde onzin (die de meeste lezers als zodanig herkennen), terwijl wat deze media en politici veelal als ‘fake news’ aanmerken, veelal juist het echte nieuws
is……

Kortom
Facebook gaat meedoen aan het grote hersenspoelen van de
wereldbevolking (althans in de landen waar Facebook is toegestaan)……

In
het volgende artikel van Tyler Durden een aantal Twitterberichten van
Robby Starbuck, die Facebook feilloos aan de paal nagelt:

Facebook
Replaces User-Generated “Trending News” With “Breaking
News” From 80 Undisclosed Publications

by Tyler
Durden

Sat,
06/02/2018 – 11:34

Facebook
is replacing its user-generated “trending news” feature
with a “breaking news” section – comprised of 80
publications which they will feed to users.

In
other words, Facebook will have complete control over narratives and
topics which go against their internal corporate
culture.

Facebook’s
Trending News section has been the subject of intense scrutiny
since the 2016 election after
it was revealed that the editors in charge of the feature were
repeatedly discriminating
against conservative
articles, while promoting progressive content. Their
clear bias resulted in the threat of an investigation from
the Senate commerce committee.

The
new changes were explained in a Friday announcement:

Breaking
News Label: A test we’re running with 80 publishers across North
America, South America, Europe, India and Australia lets publishers
put a “breaking
news” indicator
on their posts in News Feed. We’re also testing breaking news
notifications.
Today
In: We’re testing a dedicated section on Facebook called Today In
that connects people to the latest breaking and important news from
local publishers in their city, as well as updates from local
officials and organizations.
News
Video in Watch: We will soon have a dedicated section on Facebook
Watch in the US where people can view live coverage, daily news
briefings and weekly deep dives that are exclusive to Watch.

Robby Starbuck

✔@robbystarbuck

1 Jun

Facebook just announced they’re removing trending topics and replacing it with news from publishers in your city, updates from local officials and organizations. This isn’t an attempt to improve Facebook, it’s an attempt to be the the thought police.https://newsroom.fb.com/news/2018/06/removing-trending/ … …

Robby Starbuck

✔@robbystarbuck

The obvious takeaway here is that Facebook wants to control the conversation. Who believes that the news orgs they choose will be fair and balanced? No one. Instead of seeing what is naturally igniting dialogue around issues you’re going to get Facebook approved propaganda.

7:58 PM – Jun 1, 2018

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Robby Starbuck

✔@robbystarbuck

Replying to @robbystarbuck

To recap – you’re going from user controlled trends that honestly represent the conversation, views and dialogue of users to Facebook approved outlets TELLING you what you need to hear. They will only share the most sanitized positions that suit their biases.

7:58 PM – Jun 1, 2018

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Robby Starbuck

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Make no mistake: This is entirely driven by political aims. Facebook is VERY unhappy with how their platform drove conversation during the 2016 election. This is their attempt to slow the spread of information and political views they don’t like on their platform.

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Robby Starbuck

✔@robbystarbuck

Replying to @robbystarbuck

Who’s curating the approved local publishers, news orgs, local officials and organizations? Certainly not a politically neutral or unbiased team and certainly not representative of our country. This is a propaganda op to control and do the work of their preferred political party.

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While
the Washington
Post (WaPo), Recode, The Verge, and Vox have confirmed
they’re among the 80 “breaking news” publications, no
other publishers names have been revealed.

We
imagine Shareblue, Media Matters, the Southern Poverty Law Center and
the Anti Defamation League are all included.