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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    How does Facebook's trustworthiness rating work?

    Facebook announced Tuesday that it removed more than 600 fake accounts that were part of an Iranian disinformation campaign. The accounts targeted hundreds of thousands of people on Facebook and Instagram.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Aug 23, 2018 • 1 min read

    Facebook announced Tuesday that it removed more than 600 fake accounts that were part of an Iranian disinformation campaign. The accounts targeted hundreds of thousands of people on Facebook and Instagram. Meanwhile, Facebook is now giving users a trustworthiness rating on a scale of 0 to 1.

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    Would you seek therapy from a machine?
    1. 0:00Venice property becomes flashpoint in fight over neighborhood change
    2. 12:18How does Facebook's trustworthiness rating work?You’re reading this
    3. 21:58Artificial intelligence is coming to a mental health office near you?
    4. 39:30How does #MeToo change the way sex scenes are filmed?
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