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Senate Approves Dodd’s Bill Combating Fake News with Media Literacy

AUDIO ATTACHED VIDEO B-ROLL FROM CAPITOL: https://www.dropbox.com/s/b6e9k20l0evudaw/Sen%20Dodd%20B-roll%20052918.mp4?dl=0 A bill from Senator Bill Dodd, D-Napa, to add media literacy education to school curriculums and ensure students have the tools to succeed in the digital age was approved by the full Senate Wednesday. “The rise of fake and misleading news is deeply concerning,” Senator Dodd said. “Even […]

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Facebook Couldn’t Handle News. Maybe It Never Wanted To.

Originally Published on Buzzfeed.com on January 13, 2018 By Charlie Warzel Getty Images / John Paczkowski, BuzzFeed News The world’s largest social network wants to go back to an idealized safe space, free of hyperpartisan pages, misinformation, and fake news. Can it? When news broke on Thursday evening of Facebook’s dramatic overhaul of its News

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