Can Facebook’s misinformation problem be fixed?
Facebook admits it responded to ’information operations’ during the 2016 election. Will the site ever rid itself of distorted information?
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Colin Horgan
Colin Horgan is a Toronto-based writer. He is a frequent contributor to the Guardian, and was formerly a writer for CTV and a parliamentary reporter for iPolitics.ca in Ottawa. His writing has appeared in Maclean’s, the Globe and Mail, the National post and others. From September 2014 to November 2015, Colin was a speechwriter for Justin Trudeau.
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