Mourners pay tribute at a makeshift memorial on the Las Vegas Strip for the victims of this week’s mass shooting. (Eugene Garcia/European Pressphoto Agency/EFE)Well-intentioned warnings to journalists were circulating early this week as the news of the Las Vegas massacre broke. Facebook and Google served up disinformation on their all-powerful platforms. The Las Vegas tragedy is only the latest example. These platforms couldn’t be more powerful or influential.

Source: Washington Post October 04, 2017 16:15 UTC