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Let users fix fake news: Facebook CEO
San Francisco, Feb 3 (IANS) Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has shown confidence in users’ ability to choose what is right and wants them to dictate the veracity of news by ranking the content on the platform.
During a conference call with analysts, he said he does not want Facebook to edit news because its users can do it better.
“What we try to do is get our community to tell us what matters to them. … People are smart. They know what they want and what’s good. And they can tell us that if we can ask them in a simple enough way and get aggregate data,” CNBC quoted Zuckerberg as saying late on Friday.
Earlier this year, Zuckerberg said his personal mission in 2018 is to clean up the site in the wake of its use by purveyors of propaganda, misinformation and click-bait scams.
“We basically ask people — we don’t want to assess by ourselves which sources are trustworthy. I think that’s not a situation that or a position that we’re comfortable with ourselves. I don’t think personally that that’s something that our community or our society wants us to do,” the executive was quoted as saying.
Zuckerberg also revealed that the two-question survey Facebook designed to help it judge the veracity of news is not the first time it’s surveyed readers to rank content.
“The way that we’ve done this for years is we’ve had a panel, a survey, of thousands of people who basically we asked, ‘what’s the most meaningful content they had seen?’ on Facebook,” he said.
“And we design our systems to be able to get to that ground truth of what people, real people are telling us is that high-quality experience,” the Facebook CEO added.
Buoyed by mobile ads sales, Facebook reported $12.97 billion in revenue for the fourth quarter that ended December 31 — up 47 per cent from $8.81 billion in the same period last year.
Daily active users (DAUs) were 1.40 billion on average for December 2017 — an increase of 14 per cent year-over-year.
Monthly active users (MAUs) were 2.13 billion as of December 31 — an increase of 14 per cent year-over-year, the company said in a statement late on Wednesday.
–IANS
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Apple is giving a huge discount on its gadgets: Details inside
If you want to buy an iPhone and were waiting for a nice offer, then we have a piece of good news for you! Amazon Summer Sale May 2022 has begun and they are offering major discounts on various smartphones, laptops, and smart TVs, among others.
The sale is live now on the e-commerce platform with no-cost EMI options and exchange discounts on various products. In addition to this, Amazon has also partnered with several banks including ICICI, Kotak Bank, and RBL so that customers get instant discounts of up to 10% using their cards and EMI transactions.
Customers can easily enjoy this summer sale and get massive discounts on iPhones. They can also compare prices on Flipkart Big Saving Days Sale 2022 before making a purchase.
Amazon Summer Sale May 2022: Discount offer on iPhone 13
Apple’s coveted phone model iPhone 13 in the 128 GB storage model will be available during the Amazon Summer Sale May 2022 for Rs 64,900. The MRP of the phone is Rs 79,900. This means that the customers will be able to enjoy a discount of up to Rs 15,000 on the purchase of the iPhone 13.
If you have an old iPhone in working condition then you will also be eligible to receive another additional discount worth up to Rs 17,000 on the iPhone 13.
Buy at Rs. 64,900 (MRP – Rs. 79,900)
Features of Apple iPhone 13
The iPhone is powered by an A15 Bionic processor with 6 core CPU. Apart from this, it has 16 core neural engines. With the iPhone 13, up to 512 GB of storage will be available. The iPhone 13 has a 6.1-inch Retina XDR display with 1000 nits brightness.
The iPhone 13 has a 12-megapixel dual rear camera setup. This time a new wide-angle camera has been given, whose aperture is f/1.6. With this, there is support for sensor optical stabilisation. Night mode has been made better than before. The second lens is also 12 megapixels ultra-wide and has an aperture of f/2.4.