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Facebook Launches 'Fake News' Filtering Service Ahead Of German Elections

Facebook Launches 'Fake News' Filtering Service Ahead Of German Elections

Because the rise in popularity of alternative and populist candidates in Germany and elsewhere around the world can't possibly by a legitimate rejection of politicians who simply skewed policies too far to the left over the past decade, Germany and Facebook have announced an accelerated effort to crack down on "Fake News" (i.e. anything that is deemed critical of Angela Merkel) ahead the country's elections in September.