Why some Facebook employees are willing to risk their jobs to fight fake news

Saturday, November 19, 2016 - 12:01 in Mathematics & Economics

Fake news is hardly new. But it is now being viewed as a real problem by those who believe that the posting of hoax stories on Facebook influenced the U.S. presidential campaign in Donald Trump's favour. CBC's The Investigators spoke to a journalist who has reported heavily on the topic.

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