Recently, Facebook has been accused of influencing the election by allowing fake news articles to show up on people’s news feeds. In response to these accusations, Mark Zuckerberg released a statement on Friday giving a broad overview of what Facebook was planning to do to combat fake news stories on their site. However, he stated no concrete plans, just a list of options.

Many people say that Facebook should better monitor for fake articles. However, some people say Facebook should allow people to post what they want. This comes back to the idea of citizen journalism and who is liable for information posted on Facebook and other social media sites. The one side of the argument says that Facebook should stop the spread of misinformation because it leads to a misinformed public. The other side says that people should be allowed to post, but it’s up to the reader whether or not to trust a source.

This is a highly complex issue with many varying opinions. As for employees within Facebook, there is much debate on whether or not they have done something wrong. Although Facebook does not, as of yet, have a concrete plan in place to either stop or allow fake news articles on the site, hopefully they will decide soon, so that we may all either feel more comfortable with articles on Facebook or entirely more wary.

Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/20/business/media/facebook-considering-ways-to-combat-fake-news-mark-zuckerberg-says.html?ref=technology