Facebook, Apple disagree on how to curb fake news for US midterms


(FILES) In this file photo taken on March 22, 2018 a cellphone and a computer screen display the logo of the social networking site Facebook in Asuncion. A US consumer protection agency said March 26, 2018 it has opened an investigation into Facebook for potentially failing to live up to its promises on privacy and possible violations of a consent decree.The Federal Trade Commission confirmed news reports from last week that it had opened an inquiry over the harvesting of Facebook data on tens of millions users of the social network by the British consulting group Cambridge Analytica. / AFP PHOTO / NORBERTO DUARTE

Apple and Facebook have figured out how to keep us glued to their devices and platforms. But they haven’t figured out how to curb the misinformation that plagued them during the 2016 election and have struggled to regain public trust. 

And now, in the run-up to the 2018 midterms, they certainly don’t agree on a solution. 

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