President Obama on fake news problem: “We won’t know what to fight for”

Thursday, November 17, 2016

President Obama on fake news problem: “We won’t know what to fight for”

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BERLIN, GERMANY - NOVEMBER 17: German Chancellor Angela Merkel and U.S. President Barack Obama attend a press conference at the Chancellery on November 17, 2016 in Berlin, Germany. President Obama is on his last trip to Europe and is scheduled to hold talks with Chancellor Merkel as well as French President Francois Hollande, British Prime Minister Theresa May, Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi and Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy in Berlin tomorrow. (Photo by Carsten Koall/Getty Images)

President Barack Obama spoke in Berlin Thursday during a visit to German Chancellor Angela Merkel, and during his remarks he addressed concerns about fake news circulating via social platforms like Facebook. On the subject of fake news, Obama noted that the ease with which we can make false information seem like genuine facts on platforms including “a Facebook page” means… Read More

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Thursday, November 17, 2016