Damian Collins said fake news could pose a threat to “the integrity of democracy” because large numbers of voters who relied on Facebook for their news could be misled. Collins said he was concerned about the speed with which Facebook responded to complaints about fake news, and he urged the company to start removing fake news “within hours”. We don’t think that’s appropriate for us.”Responding to Collins, a spokesperson for Facebook said fake news was “an evolving challenge”. This month it trialled for three days a guide to help users spot fake news. “You can pay Facebook to target users with messaging and no one is monitoring what that messaging is,” said Collins.

Source: The Guardian April 26, 2017 06:00 UTC