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8 Inconvenient Truths We Learned About Facebook

8 Inconvenient Truths We Learned About Facebook

January 8, 2018

Via: Ad Age

Facebook already knows a lot about us. This year we learned a lot about it.

It wants to be a TV network.

The new Watch hub offers a TV-like model: ad breaks in videos designed to be played with the sound on. Yet it still struggles to take responsibility for information on its platform. CEO Mark Zuckerberg had said it was “crazy” to think false news stories swayed voters, but then collaborated on a fact-checking effort with PolitiFact, Snopes, ABC News, FactCheck.org and the Associated Press. Some partners, however, are frustrated that Facebook won’t share whether the program is working. Other observers complained of a liberal bias.

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