https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/feb/11/fake-news-is-killing-peoples-minds-says-apple-boss-tim-cook
- The technology boss said firms such as his own needed to create tools that would help stem the spread of falsehoods, without impinging on freedom of speech
- “All of us technology companies need to create some tools that help diminish the volume of fake news."
- Fake anti-Trump stories during the election included one in which it was falsely claimed that he had groped the drag queen and television presenter RuPaul
- A study by economists at Stanford University and New York University published two months after November’s US presidential election found that in the run-up to the vote, fake anti-Clinton stories had been shared 30 million times on Facebook, while those favouring her were shared eight million times
I think institutions are simply trying to reveal what the audience wants to hear and not actually acting upon the situation. Fake news has become something that has influenced important events such as the US elections and therefore this makes it a huge and serious problem that needs to be addressed sooner rather than later, so whilst institutions are trying to diminish the volume of fake news, reporting the issues of this is not actually acting upon the issue itself.
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