On Wednesday September 5th, Jack Dorsey the CEO of Facebook and Sheryl Sandberg the COO of Twitter testified before the Senate intelligence committee on “Foreign Influence Operations’ Use of Social Media Platforms.” Based on the statement made in the hearing, misinformation in social media, both foreign and domestic, is a huge problem that doesn’t have a simple, […]

Word Count: 282 An article appeared on my Facebook Newsfeed posted from Forbes with a hyperlink to, “CBS CEO Les Moonves Steps Down and Misses Out on $100M after 6 More Women Come Forward.” The first step I took in authenticating this Facebook post was clicking directly on the post and being redirected to the […]

What simply began as a social networking site, Facebook has unfortunately become a breeding ground for fake news. Gone are the days when our timelines were only filled with embarrassing, overly-personal status updates, corny photos, and over-tagging. Instead, our news feeds are being flooded with fake news and clickbait. It’s becoming increasingly different to differentiate […]