Nick Pickles, Twitter's head of public policy for the United Kingdom, testified before British lawmakers at George Washington University in Washington on Thursday. “We are not the arbiters of truth,” said Nick Pickles, Twitter's head of public policy for the United Kingdom, during testimony before British lawmakers in Washington. Before last year's presidential election in France, Facebook took out full-page newspaper ads featuring tips to help users identify fake news. The downside for Facebook is that the harder it tries to stop fake news, the higher users' expectations will be. Users can't get angry about false information if Twitter is open about its nonexistent fact-checking, right?

Source: Washington Post February 08, 2018 20:15 UTC