In case you missed it the first time, Mark Zuckerberg is once again defending the role Facebook played in the presidential election. The social network’s chief executive responded Sunday to accusations that Facebook promoted news bias that hurt Hillary Clinton and helped Donald Trump in the presidential election campaign. Examples include a fake story about …
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Did Facebook help get Donald Trump elected? CEO Mark Zuckerberg said last week that it’s a “pretty crazy idea” to think his social network might have swayed the vote by letting fake news proliferate on its site. That came after numerous allegations that the fake news shared on the social network helped Trump win. Now there’s a report that Facebook …
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Imagine this: Donald Trump is vowing to show restraint when using Twitter while he’s in the White House as leader of the free world. The US president-elect told “60 Minutes” in an interview airing Sunday night that he’ll continue using the social media platform that he and many pundits credit for helping him win the presidency. But he said he’ll …
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Now playing: Watch this: Facebook says don’t blame it for Trump 1:09 After Donald Trump won the US presidential election on Tuesday, some commentators argued that fake news circulating on Facebook helped the real estate mogul turned reality TV personality win. There was, for example, this story from the nonexistent Denver Guardian about an FBI agent associated with Hillary Clinton‘s …
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WikiLeaks is known for pushing the boundaries, and it didn’t pull punches Thursday during a freewheeling Ask Me Anything session on Reddit. Staffers from the whistle-blowing site were bombarded with questions that focused heavily on the part WikiLeaks played during this year’s US presidential election. They repeatedly denied conspiring with President-elect Donald Trump in his heated race with Hillary Clinton, …
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Donald Trump is the president-elect, and social media can’t believe it. Election Day is still sending shockwaves across Facebook and Twitter after the Republican candidate defeated Hillary Clinton in a highly unexpected victory. With a 2016 election that played out across social media, Americans are looking to the online platforms once again to talk about what happens next. Social Cues …
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Forecasts are showing that Donald Trump will be the next president of the United States, and that’s got many concerned — concerned enough to leave the country, apparently. Canada’s immigration website crashed on Tuesday night, just as the New York Times’ forecast gave Trump a 95 percent chance of defeating Hillary Clinton to win the election. Social media remains ablaze, …
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Sorry today’s Social Cues is late. Like so many of you, I was out voting this morning! Election Day is dominating Twitter and Facebook, as the country decides who will be the next president. After more than a year of trending topics for both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump — and that time Gary Johnson drew a blank on Aleppo …
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Election 2016 is almost over, but not without a final word from Twitter. Social media is all about politics as the race for the White House reaches its final hours. If you need a good distraction from all the politics though, you can find a hilarious new challenge and a look through Durag History Week. Social Cues is our guide …
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Buckle up, gang. Social media will gross you out today. The top trending topic on Twitter on Friday stems from a WikiLeaks tweet about Hillary Clinton’s campaign chairman and bodily fluids. Are you still reading this? Social Cues is our guide on what people are talking about on Facebook and Twitter. Here’s what is trending on social media this Friday: …
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