WASHINGTON: Facebook had a tool to weed out fake news circulating on the social network this year but declined to deploy it for fear of offending conservatives, a report said Monday (Tuesday in Manila).
The report by the online news site Gizmodo comes with Facebook under fire for allowing hoaxes and misinformation to go viral and -- according to some critics -- boost the efforts of Republican Donald Trump in his successful presidential run.
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