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CNBC Complains Facebook Playing Whack-a-Mole with Infowars, Advancing Tech Could Re-define Fake News

3-5-2019 < Blacklisted News 34 229 words
 

While anti-establishment voices are silenced, technological advancements are being made that will bring “fake news” to a whole new level. Who will remain to challenge it?


CNBC lamented shortly after Facebook announced its ban of Infowars that Facebook cannot completely clamp down on accounts, essentially playing “whack-a-mole.”


CNBC reported:




“It’s yet another sign that while huge companies such as Facebook and YouTube have to fight to keep content under control, it’s tough for both to monitor and remove accounts and content that can pop right back up with new pages. It’s like a big game of whack-a-mole.”



Censorship is ramping up around the world as mainstream news outlets rally for “regulations” on the first amendment.


While anti-establishment voices are silenced, technological advancements are being made that will bring “fake news” to a whole new level.


Artificial Intelligence systems are currently being developed that will “deep fake” news articles, just as photos and videos have been infamously faked.


In a little noticed story in July of 2017, it was revealed that a Google grant of €706,000 was given to the United Kingdom’s Press Association to use artificial intelligence to write news articles.


The A.I. system, called RADAR (Reporters And Data And Robots), comes from Google’s Digital News Initiative.


As reported by the GuardianRADAR will “…auto-generate graphics, video and pictures to add to stories.”


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