Facebook Opens Its Private Servers to Scientists Studying Fake News

Published: July 12, 2018, 7:12 a.m.

This much is obvious: What the world needs now is less fake news. In general, sure, but particularly on the planet's leading source of information: Facebook. The thing is, to separate the informational wheat from the disinformational chaffe, what you actually need is a better definition of fake news. And that's\u2026 well\u2026 less obvious. "What does it mean, exactly? It's not always clear.