Blog Post #3 Facebook Loophole

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Facebook has a giant loop hole that avoids uses from sharing and creating fake news. The site removed editable link previews 2 years ago, which are a way to share fake news. Link previews are normally what are seen on ad pop-up and news outlet links. They are often the title of the story or a small description of what the link leads too. However these link previews were once editable which led to fake news being spread. Recently a user explained that they found a glitch in Facebooks code that still allowed users to edit link previews if the link was being shared into a facebook group. the article claims that Facebook is aware of the issue and has yet to fix the problem.

I can see how this is not a big deal since most information is not shared in groups. However if information is being shared in large political group it is understandable how this can effect peoples views and opinions. Either way i do not think one should be able to change link previews. It almost makes the link as unreliable and wikipedia.

https://mashable.com/article/facebook-loophole-fake-news-link-preview/

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