Google, Facebook, & YouTube Promote Hoaxes On Las Vegas Mass Shooter
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Google promoted fake stories created by 4Chan that misidentified the shooter in the Las Vegas massacre. YouTube featured videos that falsely claimed the shooter was a far left extremist. And Facebook featured on its topics page, a Russian propaganda platform Sputnik, that incorrectly claimed he was connected to ISIS.
Guys, we’re having a hard enough time with the real news, so we don’t have the energy to sift through the fake ones.
Read more at buzzfeed.com.
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