Facebook and Apple choose different ways to control information
Jul 6, 2018 09:43:36 #
Facebook and Apple choose different ways to control information
Jay Baker ~ July 6, 2018
It's no secret that Facebook – which is likely just a CIA front operation -- is acting as a gatekeeper for the corporate propaganda media. We've described several times how Facebook's "fact-checkers" are leftwing legacy media-biased – see here, here, here, here -- if not downright f**e news themselves.
Facebook largely relies on algorithms that f**g not-so-f**e-news like the Declaration of Independence, while using human "fact-checkers" as a sort of backup.
Now Apple has launched a political news section designed to ensure users of its products get only government-approved propaganda steer clear of falsehoods surrounding the midterms.
Bloomberg describes it this way:
(Apple's) announcement reignited a fiery debate with Facebook about whether tech giants should hire people to curate news or rely on algorithms instead.
Apple has used human editors to curate news content in "Top News" and other specialized sections since the application first launched in 2015 and said it will continue to do so for the midterm e******ns news section. The company uses a combination of human editors and machine learning to manage more tailored content in personalized feeds for users.
"News was kind of going a little crazy," said Apple Inc. Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook at the recent Fortune CEO Initiative, subtly referring to Facebook's struggle with the foreign actors such as Russia, profiteers and bots that took advantage of its News Feed algorithms for financial and political gain during the p**********l e******n. "We felt the top stories should be selected by humans," Cook said.
Apple's midterm e******n section will feature material from the Washington Post, Politico, and Axios, in addition to coverage from other sources the company describes as "trustworthy." But critics contend this coverage is limited, given that Apple's curators will only promote articles from a few legacy outlets. The inclusion of the Trump administration-friendly Fox News also struck a chord.
And there you have it. "Trustworthy" is code word for MSM, which means f**e news.
Jay Baker ~ July 6, 2018
It's no secret that Facebook – which is likely just a CIA front operation -- is acting as a gatekeeper for the corporate propaganda media. We've described several times how Facebook's "fact-checkers" are leftwing legacy media-biased – see here, here, here, here -- if not downright f**e news themselves.
Facebook largely relies on algorithms that f**g not-so-f**e-news like the Declaration of Independence, while using human "fact-checkers" as a sort of backup.
Now Apple has launched a political news section designed to ensure users of its products get only government-approved propaganda steer clear of falsehoods surrounding the midterms.
Bloomberg describes it this way:
(Apple's) announcement reignited a fiery debate with Facebook about whether tech giants should hire people to curate news or rely on algorithms instead.
Apple has used human editors to curate news content in "Top News" and other specialized sections since the application first launched in 2015 and said it will continue to do so for the midterm e******ns news section. The company uses a combination of human editors and machine learning to manage more tailored content in personalized feeds for users.
"News was kind of going a little crazy," said Apple Inc. Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook at the recent Fortune CEO Initiative, subtly referring to Facebook's struggle with the foreign actors such as Russia, profiteers and bots that took advantage of its News Feed algorithms for financial and political gain during the p**********l e******n. "We felt the top stories should be selected by humans," Cook said.
Apple's midterm e******n section will feature material from the Washington Post, Politico, and Axios, in addition to coverage from other sources the company describes as "trustworthy." But critics contend this coverage is limited, given that Apple's curators will only promote articles from a few legacy outlets. The inclusion of the Trump administration-friendly Fox News also struck a chord.
And there you have it. "Trustworthy" is code word for MSM, which means f**e news.
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