Much like Apple, the Google News Initiative will work hand-in-hand with news organizations to attempt to accomplish three goals: Elevate accurate reporting while combating misinformation during breaking news situations, help publishers grow from a business standpoint, and create tech to help journalists do their job.
#2018 midterm election results archive
These ads are now stored in a global archive that allows users to find who posted ads and see how far they reached.
Targeting the posts seen by millions of people before the 2016 election, Facebook will now require political advertisers (including those making posts about specific political issues) to be verified. In April, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced additional changes to Facebook’s ad platform that will theoretically protect against fake news. is incredible at piling through data, it is nowhere near perfect and can be fooled into seeing or hearing things that aren’t there. To help these moderators a mix of machine learning and tests to determine the validity of pictures, videos, and stories. Facebook claims this has helped decrease the dissemination of false stories by 80 percent, but did not provide an explanation of how it came to that statistic. The company began its fact-checking program in 2017 and has since expanded to 14 countries with plans for further growth. The company also signed deals with The Washington Post, Axios, and Politico to publish exclusive features on the app. Apple News users will have access to a special list of curated political coverage from “trusted publishers,” like Fox News and Vox. On Monday, Apple announced the kick off its midterm election news strategy. Americans across the country cast their ballots for candidates for the House of Representative and the Senate. This is all in hopes of clearing the bogus content from your newsfeed and serving you up quality journalism before you head to the polls. The 2018 Midterm Elections are over and the lame duck session of Congress has begun. While others have opted for a more automated process to pile through the endless amount of data being posted online. Stay tuned throughout the evening for live updates. All eyes will also be on key gubernatorial races in states (Georgia, Florida, Ohio, Wisconsin) that will have huge 2020 ramifications. Vote counts wont be final until the Secretary of State certifies the results in December. Democrats need to pick up 23 seats to take back the House of Representatives but are less optimistic about taking back the Senate. Some tech companies have taken a hands-on approach, relying on editors to weed through the sensationalism and find the facts. Welcome to the Breitbart News LiveWire of the 2018 midterm elections. While none of these plans offer a way to rid the web of organized misinformation campaigns entirely, it’s a step towards ensuring users have access to the trustworthy information. Many tech monoliths that have molded the internet into what it is today have adopted strategies to try and combat the spread of fake news as they head into the 2018 midterm elections. The 2016 US Presidential Elections shined a bright light on the misinformation spread across the internet can wreak havoc on voters and public discourse.
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