2016 Election Fake News stories engaged more people than real news stories

Bryan Clark, “Fake stories outperformed real political news over the election’s final months” The Next Web, November 16, 2016. Fake news heavily outweighs non bias real news causing a majority of people to be getting fake information wrongfully persuading there viewer.

Social Media Provides a Platform for Hate Speech that Traditional Media Can Not

Carlos Maza “YouTube’s Messy Fight With Its Most Extreme Creators,” Vox, October 19, 2017. Social media as a platform for communities to come together could only brake them apart. Hate speech can enacted on social media causing conflict.

Fake news stories engaining people

During these critical months of the campaign, 20 top-performing false election stories from hoax sites and hyperpartisan blogs generated 8,711,000 shares, reactions, and comments on Facebook.

Bryan Clark, “Fake stories outperformed real political news over the election’s final months” The Next Web, November 16, 2016.

Mead Social media websites are promoting misinformed information.

“During the U.S. election, propagandists — some working for money, others for potentially state-sponsored lulz — used the service to turn fake stories into viral sensations, like the one about Pope Francis’ endorsing Trump (he hadn’t).”

Farhad Manjoo, “Can Facebook Fix Its Own Worst Bug?” New York Times, October 24, 2017