Security News > 2016 > November > Facebook, Google ban fake news sources from their ad networks (Help Net Security)

Despite Mark Zuckerberg’s dismissive attitude regarding the claim that Facebook had an inappropriate impact on the US elections, the company has moved to bar sources of fake news from its Facebook Audience Network ads. Fake news sites were added to the “misleading, illegal and deceptive sites” category and, according to a Facebook spokesman, they will continue to vet all prospective publishers and monitor existing ones to ensure compliance. The announcement comes closely after that of … More →

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