Facebook advertises for 'fake news' fact checkers
by Alex Hern from Technology | The Guardian on (#3RWYM)
Firm changes initial ad for 'news credibility specialists' to 'news publisher specialists'
Facebook has advertised for "news credibility specialists" to fact-check content that appears on its site, after accusations of bias and the ongoing controversy over fake news.
Almost two years after the company fired its "trending" news team and replaced it with algorithms in an attempt to fight accusations of anti-conservative editing, it posted the job listings on Thursday.
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