Facebook and Twitter should do more to combat fake news, says GCHQ
Social networks such as Twitter and Facebook should be doing more to combat the emerging threat of fake news, a director of the government’s new National Cyber Security Centre has said. Paul Chichester, the director for operations at the GCHQ-controlled body, said the companies must recognise their “social responsibility” and help tackle misinformation spread by state-backed groups.
I believe that this is something long over-due and fake news is a problem that should have been dealt with a while ago and should not have been left to be this much of a concern. Also, noticing that the Government are growing concerned over the matter it adds a certain urgency to it and importance. However many articles talk about eradicating fake news so far it still seems to be a consistent problem with no realistic goals in-sight.
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