> [..] many people are criticizing social media outlets – namely Facebook – for not doing enough to weed out obviously fake news articles that could have potent

> [..] many people are criticizing social media outlets – namely Facebook – for not doing enough to weed out obviously fake news articles that could have potentially impacted people’s votes. This is a claim that Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has been quick to dismiss, [..] I wish Facebook would remove their "trending news" feature. Their algorithm is basically selecting and promoting all the junk it can find, without the slightest vetting. How is it possible that a feature botched like this would: 1) pass the "testing" stage, 2) be ever considered a good idea in the first place. And on top of that, they claim no responsibilities ? Lol.